April SCREENSHOT COMPETITION

Yeah guys, everybody wanted it, but nobody made a move, so here is the thread of the month!!! Welcome to all screenshot, demotivator, Motivator, may the niciest win the balloon of April!

Rules
-One submission per person per month
-Must be from EB
-No picture editting for this month's competition
-Only slight cropping will be allowed (small pictures are ok, just not extreme cropping)
-Please keep the dimensions to a size that fits in the forum screen (maximum of 1024ish)
-Must obey forum rules

Suggestions
-Turn off banners
-Turn off arrows and/or deselect your units
-Make sure the cursor, "Paused", and map border aren't showing
-Crop out the UI (though too much cropping may get your pic disqualified)
-No Elephants

Limit for subscription of your screenshot : 23 april

Nice, dude, good job taking the initiative. I'll look around my shots and see what's sitting around.

Just a suggestion though, cropping is your friend. A pic can be great but still look kind of strange because the UI and the minimap are sitting there. I would suggest using Gimp to edit your shots.

Welcome, it's my pleasure to open that thread, as it's always nice to see screenshots from others! and thanks for the advise, with GIMP, I didn't figured out how it's work yet, but eee, i posted only 4 pictures in my life on the forum (from wich the 3 above!) so, I still have to learn ;)

Looking foward to see your screenies!

Yeah nice of you to take the initiative to start this thread, I thank thee. :bow:

Here's mine, with the brave son of Seleukeia alone charging the ranks of the Persian archers:

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https://i760.photobucket.com/albums/...SSELUKEIA2.jpg

THIS IS SELEUKEIA!

Since we can only post one picture per month I'll have save the other for next month... :furious3:

the pic with the soldier alone charging those archer is really nice! good job! The other as well!

I was looking forward for it. Thanks.

Well, I couldn't choose only one pic but I see everyone post whatever number they like. It's good. More impressions.
Sorry but the caption has only one and the first pic

Unequal duel

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...it/hayvsas.jpg

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...1-12-07-20.jpg

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...2-28-08-68.jpg

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...9-43-51-09.jpg

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...0-16-23-15.jpg

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...6-15-45-34.jpg

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...2-37-44-93.jpg

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https://i841.photobucket.com/albums/...6-12-56-14.jpg

EDIT: if for some reason only one pic might take part in competition, then let it be the first "unequal duel" only.

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Originally Posted by Duguntz

the pic with the soldier alone charging those archer is really nice! good job! The other as well!

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Thanks! ~D

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Originally Posted by Duguntz

Welcome, it's my pleasure to open that thread, as it's always nice to see screenshots from others! and thanks for the advise, with GIMP, I didn't figured out how it's work yet, but eee, i posted only 4 pictures in my life on the forum (from wich the 3 above!) so, I still have to learn ;)

Looking foward to see your screenies!

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What trouble did you have with Gimp?

Another minor suggestion, but if this is a competition, shouldn't everyone be limited to one screenshot? If everyone is posting 5 or 6 shots, pretty soon we're going to have to be choosing between 100+ pics.

I just use paint for mine, takes like a minute and a half.

Also, I agree, everyone should choose one of their pictures posted to enter.

I'll have to get some good pictures during my Iberian conquest.

Yeah! I started the thread, but i never participated to any screenshot contest! if someone is used, please, share the rules with us! if we must pick only one pic, it's fine with me! but let's establish a number of rules! ideas?

@Duguntz

Here are the rules from last May's competition, perhaps they should go in your original post:

Rules
-One submission per person per month
-Must be from EB
-No picture editting for this month's competition
-Only slight cropping will be allowed (small pictures are ok, just not extreme cropping)
-Please keep the dimensions to a size that fits in the forum screen (maximum of 1024ish)
-Must obey forum rules

Suggestions
-Turn off banners
-Turn off arrows and/or deselect your units
-Make sure the cursor, "Paused", and map border aren't showing
-Crop out the UI (though too much cropping may get your pic disqualified)
-No Elephants

The reason for no elephants is because apparently a shot with elephants won three months in a row, so people were worried that everyone was going to just start taking pictures of elephants. They just had no elephants as a suggestion instead of a rule, but I think it could be either.

For cropping, I would say allow any cropping that is done to get rid of the UI, etc, but over-the-top cropping that focuses on only one or two men in a big picture is too much.

Nice pics, guys! Especially I like the one showing brave sons of Carthage, sacred band infantry fighting some barbarian tribe. :2thumbsup:


Mine is called: Breaking the agema.

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https://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8430/0013qw.jpg

:knight:

Nice one Jeb!

Thank you, Arthy, my Romaioktonoi brother! :D

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Originally Posted by Jebivjetar

Thank you, Arthy, my Romaioktonoi brother! :D

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:wink:

OT (sorry folks :embarassed:)

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Originally Posted by Jebivjetar

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I wonder what that wacky ptolemaoi soldier is looking at... :clown:

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Originally Posted by Finn MacCumhail

Shirtlessness and Nudity Solving Their Problems

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I've found an alternative title, all thanks goes to:

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Originally Posted by antisocialmunky

Generally shirtlessness and nudity solve all problems in EB.

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Persian wars

https://img691.imageshack.us/img691/...lmakedonia.png

Thats pretty epic looking.

Big battle between the Sweboz (me) and either the Aedui or Arverni.

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https://i782.photobucket.com/albums/...kul82/svsc.jpg

That's Aedui. Nice picture, too.

Anyway, I will resubmit an old one of mine, because I don't have any other and I think it deserves another shot. (Plus, I'd have to kick Celtic Punk's ass in self defence if I didn't. :laugh4:)

Mel Gibson:

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https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2936/gibsonv.jpg

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Originally Posted by The Celtic Viking

That's Aedui. Nice picture, too.

Anyway, I will resubmit an old one of mine, because I don't have any other and I think it deserves another shot. (Plus, I'd have to kick Celtic Punk's ass in self defence if I didn't. :laugh4:)

Mel Gibson:

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https://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2936/gibsonv.jpg

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Haha awesome!

@Arthur, king of the Britons: Now that's what I call a Standard bearer ! I guess you have my vote :)

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Originally Posted by Ca Putt

@Arthur, king of the Britons: Now that's what I call a Standard bearer ! I guess you have my vote :)

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Wow, thanks! :D

Celtic Viking's picture is kind of epic :O

Here's mine anyway: "morning rush-hour in gaul" (try to spot the italian tourists ;P)

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https://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6215/turister.jpg

EDIT: For some reason the image got all blurry when I uploaded it to Photobucket. It's supposed to look better. :/
EDIT2: Uploaded it to Imageshack instead. Much better quality now.

How do you remove the "paused" button? Or do you wait for just the right moment?
Also, I downloaded fraps and my UI changed... Now the map is in the top right corner and everytime I take a screenshot I have to crop out the top too. How do you guys take screens?

A view of Southern Ireland
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...y14/lovely.jpg

Nice pictures! I prefer 'This is Seleukia' thus far, though I prefer to play with out grass in my campaigns!

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Originally Posted by Famine0

How do you remove the "paused" button? Or do you wait for just the right moment?
Also, I downloaded fraps and my UI changed... Now the map is in the top right corner and everytime I take a screenshot I have to crop out the top too. How do you guys take screens?

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1) You can't remove pause button.
2) Why use fraps for screenshots? Just press the "Print Screen" button and you can find your images in your Rtw/Tgas folder :)

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Originally Posted by Jebivjetar

2) Why use fraps for screenshots? Just press the "Print Screen" button [...]

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If you have anti-aliasing enabled your screenshots will be all black when using "print screen", IIRC.

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Originally Posted by Famine0

How do you remove the "paused" button? Or do you wait for just the right moment?
Also, I downloaded fraps and my UI changed... Now the map is in the top right corner and everytime I take a screenshot I have to crop out the top too. How do you guys take screens?

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If you - in-battle - press F1, a window will appear which lets you choose keyboard style setup. Select "FPS style setup"; and then you can toggle the radar visibility with F5 and the unit cards with F6. Hope that will help :)

As I recall, old rules were:

No excessive cropping
One submission per member
No previous entries allowed

So if you have submitted more than one, please select the one which you wish to use in the contest. I presume that there is a deadline that all entries must be submitted by in preparation for the poll vote?

Anyway here's my submission, from way back when I had an AAR, lol.

https://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5097/96558657.png

Right click and press "view image" to see it in it's correct resolution

Cool screenshot Subotan. :)

Does anyone know what the limit of poll options is?

Seems to be 30. :book:

Seems like this question was completely irrelevant.

Ok, here is mine, it may not be a work of art, like most of those, but the signification it carries with it are worth much more than plain beauty. We have the saying : An image is worth a thousand words, well, those words are worth a thousand images...

The Triumph of Harjawulfaz

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https://i797.photobucket.com/albums/...ceIsFutile.jpg

By this, Basileon Satalexton, I proved myself worthy of the title you gave me!

*Triumph

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Originally Posted by Subotan

*Triumph

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Damn, i posted it without seeing that mistake! I don't pay attention! Thanks for pointing out!

I like all screenshots aded so far - it will be hard to choose.

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Originally Posted by Duguntz

Ok, here is mine, it may not be a work of art, like most of those, but the signification it carries with it are worth much more than plain beauty. We have the saying : An image is worth a thousand words, well, those words are worth a thousand images...

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So true, so true. If you ever need soldiers to help you in you fight against the true enemy then just shoot an arrow with a message in my direction and a thousand horsemen shall rise from the endless plains.

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Originally Posted by HunGeneral

I like all screenshots aded so far - it will be hard to choose.



So true, so true. If you ever need soldiers to help you in you fight against the true enemy then just shoot an arrow with a message in my direction and a thousand horsemen shall rise from the endless plains.

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You shall be the first warned when we will unite for campaining against the true ennemy!

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Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons

Yeah nice of you to take the initiative to start this thread, I thank thee. :bow:

Here's mine, with the brave son of Seleukeia alone charging the ranks of the Persian archers:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

https://i760.photobucket.com/albums/...SSELUKEIA2.jpg

THIS IS SELEUKEIA!

Since we can only post one picture per month I'll have save the other for next month... :furious3:

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Great, but maybe it would still be better if you take this screenshot from behind that soldier?

This is mine

Dodging an Arrow
https://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3792/15131973.jpg

https://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6731/spartan3.jpg
https://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9180/spartan2.jpg
https://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6703/spartan1.jpg

Pick the angle you like the most.

The guy in the center of the second image is getting shot in the face.

Well, I've never actually submitted to one of these, but here are a few shots I've taken over the years... some might be too cropped, but I'll let you all be the judges.

*Edited to remove extra pics* I suppose I should re-read the rules before posting...

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a...makleader1.jpg
FORWARD!

Hey you lazy buggers, this is a thread in the tradition of the venerable EB-screenshot competitions, and no "Post all your Screenshots"-Thread. :furious3:

Rules
- One submission per person per month
(to be read in the first post of this thread)

Pick your favourite screenshot yourself, and post ONE! You can post another one in the next competition. Pff, today's youth! Show the old EB ways the respect due to them!

I have spoken :brood:

Yeah, SwissBarbar, tell 'em!!! ARRRRRGH! Follow example! I posted 4... I ereased 'em all to respect the rules!

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Originally Posted by SwissBarbar

I have spoken :brood:

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You should speak more often

i have an idea.
Duguntz, you pick the best 10 pics, then make a poll. the winner will get a "winner banner" that i will make, composed of his pic.
the winner will be the one judging the next competition (he cant submit for that competition), and so forth.

and Teucer you need to choose one. people who post multiple screens are disqualified.

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Originally Posted by Hooahguy

i have an idea.
the winner will get a "winner banner" that i will make, composed of his pic.
the winner will be the one judging the next competition (he cant submit for that competition), and so forth.

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Sounds interesting, how large is this "winner banner" going to be if you make one? If I may make a suggestion maybe the size of an EB-Fan user bar?
So that it fits in ones sig.

Very good idea indeed, when would be the limit for the screen presentation, and thus the start of the pool? we're still only at the beginning of april! what do you think about the 20 april?

All those with multiple screenshots, choose your favourite from those you posted and delete the others, otherwise you shall be disquilified.

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Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons

Sounds interesting, how large is this "winner banner" going to be if you make one? If I may make a suggestion maybe the size of an EB-Fan user bar?
So that it fits in ones sig.

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ill make a small sig, dont worry. when the winner is announced ill get working on it. shouldnt take longer than a night.

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Originally Posted by Duguntz

Very good idea indeed, when would be the limit for the screen presentation, and thus the start of the pool? we're still only at the beginning of april! what do you think about the 20 april?

All those with multiple screenshots, choose your favourite from those you posted and delete the others, otherwise you shall be disquilified.

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i would say the 23rd of april. give a week for the poll.

Good for the 23 of april!

To everyone who wish to participate : please, read the rules on the first post

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Originally Posted by Hooahguy

ill make a small sig, dont worry. when the winner is announced ill get working on it. shouldnt take longer than a night.

i would say the 23rd of april. give a week for the poll.

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Thanks. :bow:

Hi,

here is a particularly painful memory from my campaign against the gauls.... you guessed it, my guys are the ones on the ground...

I called it 'winter massacre'.... ouch

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...massacre56.jpg


cheers,



Pobs

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Originally Posted by Julianus

Great, but maybe it would still be better if you take this screenshot from behind that soldier?

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Lol, you know it's quite hard to get 1 soldier per unit in the first place, and I took that screenshot ages ago. Glad you like it.

Cool pic Pobs! What faction did you play as?

Nice one pobs! i know what it does... in my sweboz campain, about 20 minutes ago, I captured Segesta... I won. But what a price it costed me. an army of 2300 crack troops (of corse, no real heavy infantry as i'm sweboz, but still, neeto swordsmen, duguntiz, slagonez... all with 3 chevron and upgraded armor in blacksmith)... against a garrison of a pettiful 700 light troops. I lost about 16oo guys in that massacre. Lost my core army of italy, now i must make come another one all way south from my capital and around it to counter the repetitive attemp of the romans to recapture rome...

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Originally Posted by Pobs

Hi,

here is a particularly painful memory from my campaign against the gauls.... you guessed it, my guys are the ones on the ground...

I called it 'winter massacre'.... ouch

cheers,



Pobs

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ouch.... who won?

Ah, field casualties, that with decorate the battle. The best way afterward, when the field is surveyed, to truly see who got the upperhand during that frenzied event. Nice screenshot!

BTW one cannot vote for ones own screenshot when the time comes to vote right?

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Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons

BTW one cannot vote for ones own screenshot when the time comes to vote right?

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You can, its just a matter of fairness and the opinion of people who did not take part in the competition.

~Fluvius

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Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

You can, its just a matter of fairness and the opinion of people who did not take part in the competition.

~Fluvius

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Yeah I know it's technically possible, I just wanted to ask this so people know of it, since it wasn't mentioned in the OP, and yes I too think it's not really Ok to vote for ones own screenshot. Maybe this should be added in the OP.

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Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons

Yeah I know it's technically possible, I just wanted to ask this so people know of it, since it wasn't mentioned in the OP, and yes I too think it's not really Ok to vote for ones own screenshot. Maybe this should be added in the OP.

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At least make the results public, so you can see who voted on what, then you can spot injustice.

~Fluvius

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Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

At least make the results public, so you can see who voted on what, then you can spot injustice.

~Fluvius

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That would solve this problem quite nicely I agree.

Why aren't you allowed to use cropping btw? It's not like it gives an unfair advantage to anyone. Anyone who can use Paint can crop. :P

Because it's meant to be a screenshot.

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Originally Posted by Paltmull

Why aren't you allowed to use cropping btw? It's not like it gives an unfair advantage to anyone. Anyone who can use Paint can crop. :P

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you can crop, you just cant put fancy image editing techinques like softglow or other fancy things.

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Originally Posted by Paltmull

Why aren't you allowed to use cropping btw? It's not like it gives an unfair advantage to anyone. Anyone who can use Paint can crop. :P

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You are allowed to use cropping, just not too much. :p

From the OP: :book:

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-Only slight cropping will be allowed (small pictures are ok, just not extreme cropping)

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Originally Posted by Paltmull

Why aren't you allowed to use cropping btw? It's not like it gives an unfair advantage to anyone. Anyone who can use Paint can crop. :P

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Not extreme cropping, you can crop out the map and your unit cards but not make the picture as small as, for example, your Casse and Koinon sig pictures.

~Fluvius

Why aren't elephants allowed?

Edit: never mind, I now noticed it's under "suggestions". :shame:

Once upon a time, in EB history, there was a period when almost only pictures with elephants won the competitions. So a rule was made, that you should not post pictures with them, because it became boring. Now in EB modern era it is no rule, but still a suggestion. An echo from the ancient times of EB ;-)

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Originally Posted by Subotan

Because it's meant to be a screenshot.

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Originally Posted by Hooahguy

you can crop, you just cant put fancy image editing techinques like softglow or other fancy things.

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Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons

You are allowed to use cropping, just not too much. :p

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Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

Not extreme cropping, you can crop out the map and your unit cards but not make the picture as small as, for example, your Casse and Koinon sig pictures.

~Fluvius

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Ok, ok, I get it :P

Cool thread, Duguntz. :grin:
Too bad I haven't been able to get screenshots from EB for the life of me. :sad:

madoushi,

just turn off anti-aliasing then 'printscreen' will drop a tga file into the tga folder in your game folder.

hooahguy,

who won ?... well, lets say I was on the side that made the winning side possible.....:laugh4:

Arthur,

I think I was playing the Getai on this particular occasion, but losing in those northern forests is not uncommon in my campaigns so it could be Rome or Lusotani :beam:


cheers,


Pobs

Pobs, I don't use anti-aliasing, and I've tried Prnt Scrn, Ctrl+Prnt Scrn, Alt+PrntScrn, Shift+Prnt Scrn and every other combonation I could think of. Ctrl+Prnt Scrn works for most games, but I can't take screenshots for the life of me in Total War. :(

Press Print scrn and then CTRL ALT Delete. And paste it into paint and save it.

Tried that. Every time, it says there's nothing in the clipboard to paste.

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Tried that. Every time, it says there's nothing in the clipboard to paste.

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Hmmm. :book: Then I'm afraid I can't help you, sorry. :shame:

Get fraps, and use it?

Sheesh arthur, you're really that senile? :clown:

~Jirisys (FRAmes Per Second)

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Originally Posted by jirisys

Get fraps, and use it?

Sheesh arthur, you're really that senile? :clown:

~Jirisys (FRAmes Per Second)

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Otroligt roligt, eller kanske inte/To je prekrasno, ili možda ne ... I don't use fraps cause those annoying yellow number in the corner are well annoying, plus when I said that I couldn't help him no more, I meant that because I who almost never use crappy fraps or any other such program would not be able to give advice on that and someone who use it can give advice on it. Hopefully I have now made mai self clear.

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Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons

Otroligt roligt, eller kanske inte/To je prekrasno, ili možda ne ... I don't use fraps cause those annoying yellow number in the corner are well annoying, plus when I said that I couldn't help him no more, I meant that because I who almost never use crappy fraps or any other such program would not be able to give advice on that and someone who use it can give advice on it. Hopefully I have now made mai self clear.

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WT...???? :clown::confused:

You can, however, remove, the, yellow, number, by, learning, how to, use, the, program :clown: (i can show you how :sneaky:)

~Jirisys (James, T., Kirk)

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Originally Posted by jirisys

WT...???? :clown::confused:

You can, however, remove, the, yellow, number, by, learning, how to, use, the, program :clown: (i can show you how :sneaky:)

~Jirisys (James, T., Kirk)

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No, wait, lets...... make a deal!

bump, to renew interest in this thread.

5 days left to submit.

actually, 8 days as the limit is fixed for the 23 April... (it is written on the first post...)