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For information on how to capture and editing screenshots go to: -<br> | For information on how to capture and editing screenshots go to: -<br> | ||
[[PNGs for Screenshots]] [http://wiki.modplugin.org/index.php/Capturing_Screenshots wiki.modplugin.org/index.php/Capturing_Screenshots] | [[PNGs for Screenshots]] [http://wiki.modplugin.org/index.php/Capturing_Screenshots wiki.modplugin.org/index.php/Capturing_Screenshots] | ||
Everyone seems to have their favourite software for this. Some free ones are:<br> | Everyone seems to have their favourite software for this. Some free ones are:<br> | ||
Windows Paint - Often ready loaded on nachines using windows operating systems <br> | Windows Paint - Often ready loaded on nachines using windows operating systems <br> | ||
Irfanview - [http://www.irfanview.com/ http://www.irfanview.com/]<br> | Irfanview - [http://www.irfanview.com/ http://www.irfanview.com/]<br> | ||
Paint.net.- | Paint.net.- [http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/ http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/] Picasa - [http://www.sharewareguide.net/reviews/review-of-picasa.html www.sharewareguide.net/reviews/review-of-picasa.html] A google app..<br> | ||
[http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/ http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/] | |||
Picasa - [http://www.sharewareguide.net/reviews/review-of-picasa.html www.sharewareguide.net/reviews/review-of-picasa.html] A google app..<br> | |||
GIMP . [http://gimp.en.softonic.com/ gimp.en.softonic.com/] For those that are really keen as it is quite a big app. and a bit more complex | GIMP . [http://gimp.en.softonic.com/ gimp.en.softonic.com/] For those that are really keen as it is quite a big app. and a bit more complex | ||
One to pay for although you get a 30day free trial. | One to pay for although you get a 30day free trial. | ||
Gadwin - [http://www.gadwin.com/download/ www.gadwin.com/download/] | Gadwin - [http://www.gadwin.com/download/ www.gadwin.com/download/] | ||
You can then put them on the desktop or in a file and load them into the wiki. | You can then put them on the desktop or in a file and load them into the wiki. | ||
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Your file gets its very own “File Description Page” within the File namespace of the wiki. You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, many public wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so you should explain where you got the file from, and what its copyright status is, on the description page. Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there. <br> | Your file gets its very own “File Description Page” within the File namespace of the wiki. You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, many public wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so you should explain where you got the file from, and what its copyright status is, on the description page. Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there. <br> | ||
<br>== Requisites ==<br>Before using images in your page, the system administrator of your wiki must have {{mediawiki|Manual:Configuring file uploads|enabled file uploads}} and a user has to [[Help:Managing files|upload the file]]. System administrators may also set the wiki to accept files from {{mediawiki|Manual:Image Administration#Foreign Repositories|foreign repositories}}, such as the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons].<br> | |||
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Revision as of 18:30, 22 October 2010
For information on how to capture and editing screenshots go to: -
PNGs for Screenshots wiki.modplugin.org/index.php/Capturing_Screenshots
Everyone seems to have their favourite software for this. Some free ones are:
Windows Paint - Often ready loaded on nachines using windows operating systems
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
Paint.net.- http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/ Picasa - www.sharewareguide.net/reviews/review-of-picasa.html A google app..
GIMP . gimp.en.softonic.com/ For those that are really keen as it is quite a big app. and a bit more complex
One to pay for although you get a 30day free trial.
Gadwin - www.gadwin.com/download/
You can then put them on the desktop or in a file and load them into the wiki.
Freegle has its own section for uploads.
In the toolbox on the left hand side you will find upload file. You will be take to a special page.
Click on upload and search for the photo/screenshot on your computer. Upload it and as there is only one screenshot per page give it a unique title
Using Images After you've uploaded a file, you can use it in an article, with some special wiki syntax to create the link.See Help:Images. or you can just put a link to it.
Your file gets its very own “File Description Page” within the File namespace of the wiki. You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, many public wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so you should explain where you got the file from, and what its copyright status is, on the description page. Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there.
== Requisites ==
Before using images in your page, the system administrator of your wiki must have enabled file uploads and a user has to upload the file. System administrators may also set the wiki to accept files from foreign repositories, such as the Wikimedia Commons.
See also
