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Advice on how to take a screenshot (1985)
- fractallyte 8y agoI used to do this! An Olympus OM4 with slide film, in a darkened room. The camera's utomatic exposure worked best. Experimenting with Vista Pro (the original landscape generator!), it was possible to generate stereo images of a scene. And the graphics - for the time - were incredible. With careful lighting and texturing, it was possible to get nearly photorealistic results. So I had the thought to photograph the monitor image onto slide film, then use a 3D stereo viewer (like this 'Pinsharp Stereo Slider Viewer': https://www.berezin.com/3d/pinsharp.htm https://www.berezin.com/3d/pinsharp.htm). The views were stunning! A real sense of depth and place, looking past leafy trees, down into valleys and ravines...
- crtasm 8y agoVista Pro! Thanks for reminding me of that, spent a good few afternoons playing with it back in the 90s.
- Sharlin 8y agoIt’s amusing that to many these days, the most straightforward way to take a screenshot they know is to snap a photo of it with their phone camera.
- hahamrfunnyguy 8y agoI can't really make out the text. Could you follow the instructions below to take a screenshot on your computer?
- cjmcqueen 8y agoSnagit; saving us from this since 1990.
- dbg31415 8y agoApple + Shift + 4... remember to hit Space Bar after to capture one window at a time. Or Skitch, FireShot, Jira Capture, Marker.io...
- suprfnk 8y agoDid you miss the (1985) tag?
- dbg31415 8y agoNo... just commenting on how it's a little easier today. Hooray, my most down-voted comment ever is about screenshots. =P
- DonHopkins 8y agoI can't find the Apple key! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5458349de4b0204ad4a48a6d/54cc24c5e4b010b9e75210dd/54cc24c6e4b0c46747cf9ef0/1422670965839/apple2-top-view.jpg https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5458349de4b0204ad4a48...
- danaliv 8y agoHa, I remember reading similar advice in an issue of GamePro. They had a section in the back for accolades when someone beat a game or got a high score, and you had to send them a photograph for proof. (Uphill both ways in the snow, etc. etc.)
- overcast 8y agoJust be sure to paste it into Word or Excel before sending it off to the IT helpdesk.
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