~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Taking the Screen Capture in Windows:

1. Get whatever you want captured on screen and viewable.
   
2. Press the Print Screen button - Normally this is located next to your F12 button
   
   Another option is to press ALT + Print Screen. This will take a snapshot fo the active window only. This will help keep the graphic limited to the main screen you are working with. So less cropping later.
   
3. Open up Paint or MS Paint - Normally Start --> Programs -->Accessories
   
4. Paste the screen capture into the program - You can do this by either:
   • Choosing Edit --> Paste from the menu
   • Pressing CTRL + V as a keyboard shortcut
   
   
5. A text box may come up saying that, "The image you wish to paste is too large to fit into the paint screen. Would you wish to enlarge the paint screen to allow image to fit?" If so, press YES
   
6. Save your screen capture and your are done
   

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Taking Screen Captures Using E-Razor's Runescape X-Plorer

1. Get whatever you want captured on screen and viewable.
   
2. Press the "ScreenShot" Button in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.
   
3. From the top menu bar, Choose File --> ScreenShot Viewer Button.
   
4. A button called "Edit" should come up. Select the file you want to edit and press "Edit".
   
5. Paint or MS Paint will open in a new window.
   
6. Save your screen capture and your are done!
   

Now often times, you get more that you really wanted. If you want to eliminate the extra areas, you will need to crop your image. Cropping not only allows you to only show what you want - but it will also help reduce the overall file size. Smaller overall file size means it will load faster and take up less space.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cropping your Screen Capture:

1. Open your screen capture graphic in Paint or MS Paint.
   
2. In the toolbox to the left, the "Select" tool will be highlighted. You will use this tool cut out just what you want from your graphic. Click on the "Select" tool once to make sure everything has been cleared before your begin.
   
3. Use this tool to draw a square/rectangle around the area you want to keep.
   
4. Copy the area inside the square/rectangle - You can do this by either:
   • Choosing Edit --> Copy from the menu
   • Pressing CTRL + C as a keyboard shortcut
   
   
5. Start a new file - You can do this by either:
   • Choosing File --> New from the menu
   • Pressing CTRL + N as a keyboard shortcut
   If you are prompted to "Save this file" - choose NO.
   
6. Paste this into the program - You can do this by either:
   • Choosing Edit --> Paste from the menu
   • Pressing CTRL + V as a keyboard shortcut
   
   
7. A text box may come up saying that, "The image you wish to paste is too large to fit into the paint screen. Would you wish to enlarge the paint screen to allow image to fit?" If so, press YES.
   
8. If that message is not displayed, the background (the white area in the back) may be too large. You will need to shorten the white of the page so there is no white showing. Click on the "Select" tool once to make sure everything has been cleared before your begin.
   
9. You should see little black squares around the outside edge of the white background box. Click and drag one of the corner boxes until the white background fits perfectly around your graphic (so the white background is the same size as the graphic your pasted).
   
10. Now you must save your graphic. - You can do this by either:
    • Choosing File --> Save from the menu
    • Pressing CTRL + S as a keyboard shortcut
    
    
11. Type in the filename for your graphic. Remember, these are graphics for the Internet. Avoid using spaces or special characters (things like: @, #, $, %, é, etc..)
    
12. Underneath the Filename area, change the File Type to either:
    • JPEG or JPG
    • GIF
    • PNG
    • BMP - use this only as a last resort. This file type has 2 versions: MAC and PC. Your BMP file may not work on MAC or other computer Operating Systems.
    
    
13. You have completed cropping and editing your graphic.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Another option for cropping is:

1. Open your screen capture graphic in Paint or MS Paint.
   
2. In the toolbox to the left, the "Select" tool will be highlighted. You will use this tool cut out just what you want from your graphic. Click on the "Select" tool once to make sure everything has been cleared before your begin.
   
3. Use this tool to draw a square/rectangle around the area you want to keep.
   
4. Click and drag the square/rectangle to the top left corner of the screem
   
5. Now change the graphic Attributes so that the background size matches your square/rectangle size. This may take several attempts to get this perfect. You can do this by either:
   • Choosing Image --> Attributes from the menu
   • Pressing CTRL + E as a keyboard shortcut
   
   
6. Now you must save your graphic. - You can do this by either:
   • Choosing File --> Save from the menu
   • Pressing CTRL + S as a keyboard shortcut
   
   
7. Type in the filename for your graphic. Remember, these are graphics for the Internet. Avoid using spaces or special characters (things like: @, #, $, %, é, etc..)
   
8. Underneath the Filename area, change the File Type to either:
   • JPEG or JPG
   • GIF
   • PNG
   • BMP - use this only as a last resort. This file type has 2 versions: MAC and PC. Your BMP file may not work on MAC or other computer Operating Systems.
     
9. You have completed cropping and editing your graphic.
10. You can download E-Razor's Runescape XPlorer here!