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You might wonder why it was necessary to de-illustrate so many of the classic series pages. Well, "necessary" is a strong word, but it was certainly expedient. Beyond the fact that these images came from a source we've slowly been marginalising over the years, most of the pictures just weren't that good. Almost all of them violated our basic [[T:ICC|image guidelines]]. Namely, they were almost all of a non-widescreen aspect ratio, when it's easily possible to obtain such a ratio. Moreover, they ''all'' came from VHS sources ''at best''. Now that the DVD range is nearly complete — and indeed ''all'' the stories mentioned above have been released to DVD — there's no reason to keep these relatively grainy DWIA images around. | You might wonder why it was necessary to de-illustrate so many of the classic series pages. Well, "necessary" is a strong word, but it was certainly expedient. Beyond the fact that these images came from a source we've slowly been marginalising over the years, most of the pictures just weren't that good. Almost all of them violated our basic [[T:ICC|image guidelines]]. Namely, they were almost all of a non-widescreen aspect ratio, when it's easily possible to obtain such a ratio. Moreover, they ''all'' came from VHS sources ''at best''. Now that the DVD range is nearly complete — and indeed ''all'' the stories mentioned above have been released to DVD — there's no reason to keep these relatively grainy DWIA images around. | ||
== How you can help == | == How you can help == | ||
Just pick one of the above stories from your DVD collection, rewatch it, and take snapshots along the way. Then, upload the pics and replace the deleted images. Please don't use the same filename that was there before. DWIA filenames were logical for ''that'' website, but make no sense on ours. Choose a properly descriptive filename instead. Thanks! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} | Just pick one of the above stories from your DVD collection, rewatch it, and take snapshots along the way. Then, upload the pics and replace the deleted images. Please don't use the same filename that was there before. DWIA filenames were logical for ''that'' website, but make no sense on ours. Choose a properly descriptive filename instead. Thanks! {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}15:47: Thu 31 May 2012 </span> | ||
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== Question == | == Question == | ||
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:Not a stupid question at all. There are many ways to get a screenshot. You can push the {{key|PrntScrn}} button on your Windows based machine, or {{key|Shift}}-{{Key|Command}}-{{key|3}} on your OSX machine, and then crop the resulting image. Or you can use whatever command your playback software allows. | :Not a stupid question at all. There are many ways to get a screenshot. You can push the {{key|PrntScrn}} button on your Windows based machine, or {{key|Shift}}-{{Key|Command}}-{{key|3}} on your OSX machine, and then crop the resulting image. Or you can use whatever command your playback software allows. | ||
:Personally, I think the easiest method is to use VLC as your primary playback software (available at http://www.videolan.org/index.html) and then [http://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Usage:Snapshot follow these simple instructions]. VLC is available on all platforms, it opens ''everything'', and it has superior audio fidelity to any playback software I've ever used. If you've not been using VLC, you've been missing out. (That ''would'' be an advertisement, 'cept that VLC is free.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} | :Personally, I think the easiest method is to use VLC as your primary playback software (available at http://www.videolan.org/index.html) and then [http://wiki.videolan.org/VSG:Usage:Snapshot follow these simple instructions]. VLC is available on all platforms, it opens ''everything'', and it has superior audio fidelity to any playback software I've ever used. If you've not been using VLC, you've been missing out. (That ''would'' be an advertisement, 'cept that VLC is free.) {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}12:07: Sun 03 Jun 2012 </span> | ||
:: I have a feeling the instructions are outdated. I checked the hotkeys under preferences myself, and apparently the default is {{key|Shift}}-{{key|S}}, not {{key|Ctrl}}-{{key|Alt}}-{{key|S}}. -- [[User:Tybort|Tybort]] ([[User talk:Tybort|talk page]]) 16:39, July 8, 2012 (UTC) | :: I have a feeling the instructions are outdated. I checked the hotkeys under preferences myself, and apparently the default is {{key|Shift}}-{{key|S}}, not {{key|Ctrl}}-{{key|Alt}}-{{key|S}}. -- [[User:Tybort|Tybort]] ([[User talk:Tybort|talk page]]) 16:39, July 8, 2012 (UTC) | ||
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:::In any case, users can double-check the hotkey by going to '''Preferences | Interface | Hotkeys''' on a Windows machine. Once there, check '''Advanced options''' and look for the keys next to '''Take video snapshot'''. (Mac users have a more straightforward path: just go to '''Preferences | Hotkeys''' and look for '''Take video snapshot'''.) | :::In any case, users can double-check the hotkey by going to '''Preferences | Interface | Hotkeys''' on a Windows machine. Once there, check '''Advanced options''' and look for the keys next to '''Take video snapshot'''. (Mac users have a more straightforward path: just go to '''Preferences | Hotkeys''' and look for '''Take video snapshot'''.) | ||
:::If you're investigating this issue further, please note that, in general, VLC uses the word ''snapshot'', not ''screenshot''. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} | :::If you're investigating this issue further, please note that, in general, VLC uses the word ''snapshot'', not ''screenshot''. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}16:12: Mon 09 Jul 2012 </span> | ||
