HOW TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT AND SUBMIT IT TO THE SITE

How to take a Screenshot and submit it to the site
by kentona

You will need:

• Your project
  
• Paint (a.k.a. MSPaint)
  

Part I - Taking the Screenshot

This is Windows 101 guys (maybe 102). Everybody ought to know how to take and save a screenshot - it's a useful and simple skill that has a myriad of uses.

1. Run your project
- I prefer to do it in Full Screen mode. That way, you don't have to crop the image to get rid of the Windows header and border
2. Press Alt + Print Screen
- This saves a picture of the visible and active window to the Windows Clipboard
3. Exit or minimize your project
4. Open Paint
- Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint
5. Resize the Image Attributes to 320 x 240 (or smaller)
6. Press Ctrl + V (or Edit > Paste)
- Even if your image dimensions are too small, Paint automatically expands the width and height to at least the size of the picture in the Clipboard
7. Goto File > Save
- The common Save dialog box opens, typically defaulting to the My Pictures directory
8. Set 'Save as type:' to 'PNG (*.PNG)'
10. Click 'Save'



Part II - Submitting the Screenshot

As a prerequisite, you must have already submitted the game to the site.

NOTE: The game does not have to be 'Accepted' yet!
You are free to add or edit your submission at any time, even before the admins approve the game. In fact, the admins won't approve the game until it has 3 screenshots. For more submission rules, please see: Game and Review Submission Rules

1. Log in to RMN
2. Go to Account > Manage Games and find your game
- If you can't find your game, or your game hasn't been accepted yet, check the Submissions page for your game submission.
3. Select the game you wish to update
4. Go to the Images tab
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the 'Add Image' button
6. Click Choose and find your awesome screenshot (probably in My Pictures) and select it
7. Click 'Submit' button
8. You should see a message like:
"Your game image has been added successfully!"
9. Edit the image to enter the Title of the image (ie- The Direstone Castle of Doom).

Voila! You've just created and submitted a screenshot! Now it's in the Admins' court (and you know those guys are lazy jerks).