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2005-10-13 20:18
Zyron

Registered: Jan 2002
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A tip for screenshots.

If you use VICE to take screenshots turn off the PAL-emulation to get screenshots with more realistic colours.
2005-10-13 20:57
Tch
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Registered: Sep 2004
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Yeps,and then use something like Photoshop.

Copy the .BMP into a pre-made image of 320-200.
Save a .GIF with 16 colors and you´re done.

Problem is when it comes to sideborder screenshots. ;)
2005-10-13 21:27
Zyron

Registered: Jan 2002
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I think saving it as .PNG with the PAL-emulation off is good enough :)
2005-10-13 21:31
Tch
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Quote: I think saving it as .PNG with the PAL-emulation off is good enough :)

Never too old to learn. °ashamed°

Short-sighted....me??...

Thanx Zyron!! 8)
2005-10-13 22:31
algorithm

Registered: May 2002
Posts: 707
Expand image to double size, turn pal filter on. do a screengrab, import to photoshop, crop and resize it to around 400x300.

done
2005-10-13 23:10
Nafcom

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588
I use Picture Publisher and a local instead of a global colour palette. I think it works nicely, too. I never turn on PAL emulation.
2005-10-14 00:14
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5109
its always interesting to see such discussions, taking a screenshot for me needs as much brainactivity as scratching my ass. Eagerly waiting for the rest smartheads to tell how to take a screenshot in interlace, and how about the borders? Come on in, and let the show start!
2005-10-14 07:07
iopop

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 317
Whats wrong with Alt+C and then save as png? given your running Vice under Windows.
2005-10-14 07:15
Zyron

Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381
Quote: Whats wrong with Alt+C and then save as png? given your running Vice under Windows.

Nothing at all. If you ask me that's the best way, just turn off the PAL-Emulation first :)

The way algorithm explained seems very complicated and the screenshots doesn't turn out that good either, at least not the ones I've seen.
2005-10-14 08:15
Steppe

Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510
To add my two cents to this globally important discussion:
I only use CCS64 V2.0 for screenshots, Alt+P to pause emulation, N (or Alt+N, not sure right now) to skip frame by frame and then Alt+F1 for a 16 colour shot, and Alt+F2 for interlaced shots. (Edit: When doing mass screenshooting for the Demodungeon, I reduce the colours of screenshots in GIF Animator 4 with the batch process function to dump unused colours to eventually reduce bitdepth, then save the bmps as gif. Final conversion to PNG is then done by Exorzist).

For a quick screenshot in Vice to add to CSDB I use the built in Alt+C function and save as PNG. Please don't crop the border, it looks strange. And due to the very good PNG compression efficiency you don't save more than a couple of bytes by cropping an empty border.
2005-10-14 08:50
iopop

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 317
Quote: Nothing at all. If you ask me that's the best way, just turn off the PAL-Emulation first :)

The way algorithm explained seems very complicated and the screenshots doesn't turn out that good either, at least not the ones I've seen.


Have not have time/bothered to install the latest vice. But afik, when doing alt+c you dont get any pal emulation in the screenshot? I use alt+c quite often to "proof-read" my code.
 
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