useful tip How to post a screen shot - detailed version

[Rodger Pettichord]

Hi all. Since the first post of this aid, several folks have sent very helpful suggestions. I'm resubmitting the thread to include those suggestions. Good luck to all newbies!

 

For Us Dummies--How to Post ORBX Forum FSX Screenshots with Windows 10

1. Select screenshot from your "pictures” file.
2. Right-Click chosen picture and select "Edit with Paint 3D." 
3. Left-Click upper left "Menu." 
4. Select “Save as.” Left-Click “Image” icon at the bottom of the page.
5. Rename chosen picture and save as jpeg image in desktop "Pictures." To do this, delete original name and rename something simple. Open options in the “Save as” slot by Right-Clicking the drop-down arrow. Select jpeg option. Click “Save.”
6. You now have two copies of your picture, one original and one jpeg renamed.
7. Open IMGUR. Register if you are new. Home page registration box works best.
8. Drag/Browse selected jpeg picture from “Pictures” to IMGUR box. [NOTE: To “Drag,” Left-Click on chosen picture and hold the Click button down while moving the cursor. Picture will follow the cursor. To “Browse,” Left-Click “Browse” button and select shots.]
9. Selected picture appears in IMGUR box. Watch upload bar. This may take a moment.
10. If you want to include more than one picture, right-Click “Add More Images.”
11. Repeat process for each jpeg picture. Drag each selected jpeg picture to IMGUR. If you get nothing but a blank transfer, check to make sure you selected your jpeg picture. The originals won’t work. It has to be a jpeg format.
12. When done, right-Click “Done” button.
13. To transfer pictures to Forum, you will have to do each one individually.
14. EDIT 16th September 2020. Following the forum update, the forums no longer accepts the “BBCode”.
15. The “BBCode” is the [img] [/img] at either end of the link.
16. The forums will accept a direct link. This is the code in between the [img] and [/img].
17. You can either edit the BBCode to remove the [img] and [/img], or better still right click on the image and select "Copy image location". Then paste that into your post and the image will embed itself.
18. If you use a different image hosting site, please select the Direct link.
19. Please note that the Orbx forums will not accept links except from https sites, http will no longer work.
20. Minimize IMGUR window.
21. Open ORBX and go to Forums. Open Screenshots Forum.
22. In Screenshot Forum, Left-Click "New Topic." This opens your display page.
23. Enter a title in the “Title” slot.
24. Right-Click on blank entry area to paste "BBC Share Code” into the new post. The code will look like a string of letters and numbers ending in jpeg.
25. If desired, minimize ORBX and return to IMGUR for further entries. Repeat steps 14-21 for each selected picture. To return to your IMGUR picture set, simply click any dark space on the code page and your list will reappear.
26. When you have copy/pasted all the pictures you want to your display page, you will have a page consisting of a list of code-strings.
27. Go to the top of the Post area and find the icon looking like a sheet of paper with a magnifying glass on it. Click this icon. It will change your code-strings into your selected pictures.
28. This should complete the formation of your screenshot thread entry. Left-Click “Submit.” Enjoy!
     

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES

 

SEE #8 ABOVE - A SHORT CUT FOR MOVING PICTURES FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW

1.      You can open two working windows side by side to make picture transfer easier:

a.      Open ORBX Screenshot Forum “Start New Topic.”

b.      Reduce this window’s size by Left-Clicking the square icon on the right upper corner of your screen just to the left of the x delete icon.

c.       Move this reduced window to one side of screen by placing cursor at top of window and holding down Left-Click button to capture the window. Move captured window              to desired location and release click-hold to set window.

d.      Open a second window for your IMGUR page by moving cursor to the small grey parallelogram just to the right of the tab label in the upper left corner of your screen.

e.      By repeating the steps described in “c” above, move this second window to a position beside your ORBX window. Release click-hold to set it there.

f.        Open IMGUR site as you normally would with your internet browser.

g.      You should now have two windows side by wide. You can adjust their sizes to your preference by moving your cursor to the window edge and dragging the margin to your desired position.

 

SEE #8 ABOVE - A SHORT CUT FOR MOVING SEVERAL PICTURES FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW

1.      You can move screenshots as a group if you don’t want to do it one by one.

a.      The pictures must be side by side in your “Pictures” file to do this.

b.      While holding down the “Shift” key, Left-Click on the first picture you want to select.

c.       While continuing to hold down the “Shift” key, move your cursor to the last picture you want to select and Left-Click it. You have now selected all the pictures from start              to finish of your cursor movement.

d.      Left-Click on any of the selected pictures and hold the click while moving your cursor to the IMGUR input box. The dragged box should display a small number indicating           how many pictures are in the set being transferred.

e.      Let the IMGUR process do its thing. You can watch the progress rate on the moving bar.

f.        When images are transferred, continue as in “14” and following above.

 

 

 

[Wakashi]

Well done on the rewrite Rodger, maybe more people will post screenshots with the help of this guide,  Maybe someone could pin it (if nowhere else) in the Old Coots Club for us old timers that have memory troubles, 

Edited September 7, 2018 by Wakashi

[jean marc]

Really nice ... I didn't know the preview possibility by #24 - great !! Thank you Rodger 

[Doc44kin]

MMmm,Ihave lots of pics but they are all triple screen ones,Oh well,not possible I guess! Doc.

[Doc Scott]

And,since we use different simulators,please use a tag for the sim.

 

[Benny]

Hi since this is a sticky I would like to share an easy way to compress image a bit and to reduce them in size.

The software is FREE and I mean fully FREE, I have been using this one for light image work for over 12 years.

Even with my very fast internet I see some image being loaded very slowly due to their big size.

 

First he is the link for PhotoScape

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

 

Here are 4 images to explain how to do it, all image are hosted on Imgur https://imgur.com/

 

Mine is in French but it's the same in English

It does quite a few nice things for a free editor

 

But the following are for single image, but if you want to do more then 1 image at a time it will be called : Batch Editor just on the right of Edition (Traitement par Lots)

 

 

Simple choose your folder, in this case FSX, on the bottom left of the software you will see all images in this folder, just click on the want you want.

In red you can see the image size, in this case, 2560 X 1576, a bit bellow is the Resize tool, all the classic size are already in there. Choose one

 

Same image is now at 1280 x 788, you can even use some tool to make it look better. Now that your done, hit the Save (Enregistrer in French here)

 

 

On this save screen you have many choice, but one is to compress your image a bit, even 95% make a big difference, I use anything between 85-95%

The rest is self explanatory... I know French is bizarre ha ha

Cheers, Ben

 

 

[Rodger Pettichord]

Thank you, Benny, for walking us through this unfamiliar resource. I'll bet that it will be a help to many.

[Doc Scott]

Hi guys !

Because a lot of you are using different Simulators,I beg you to tag your shots with the appropriate abbreviation for the Sim.

I do not want to be impolite,but I am not interested in XP or AF2 shots.Thank you.

 

Scott

[Loyda Irizarry]

Roger, Hi.  As a senior, and retired teacher, I have been somewhat exposed to technology.  However, this is a journey! OMG! Why do they make it so complicated.  There are so many steps.  How the heck do people do this? Your instructions are very detailed and specific.  I surely hope I don't get lost along the way. Wish me luck.   Thank you so much for your time and efficiency.

[ozboater]

Roger, thank you.

I am mighty obliged for this clear wallk through, and it is helping get my first good screenshot post up tonight.

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,

please note the edits I have added today for those of you who use imgur to host your images.

In brief,

1. [img] [/img] no longer works, the https address in between them will work without the [img] [/img],

as will the Direct link to the image from any site.

2. http addresses will no longer work, only https.

Thanks. 

[Benny]

On 9/16/2020 at 4:51 PM, Nick Cooper said:

[img] [/img] no longer works,

I have never use those easily, so I guess I can post those 2 pictures, 2 easy step

 

[Nick Cooper]

Thanks Benny,

that's exactly what needs to be done now.

Very helpful screen shots.