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sololop
02-03-2006, 2:14 PM
Every time I take a screenshot of somthing neat on SC I can't paste it into paint and when I go into the Starcraft Directory it is saved as a .PCX file and I don't know what to use to open those. Any suggestions?

Xenon
02-03-2006, 2:27 PM
Photoshop. Paint. GIMP. Illustrator. etc.

sololop
02-03-2006, 3:48 PM
Ok, my friend has photoshop, i'll get it from him. Thanks.

TimP
02-03-2006, 4:05 PM
You mean you'll legally obtain your own copy. :D

sololop
02-03-2006, 5:25 PM
Yes.. Thats what I meant! Of Course!! ....

UED77
02-03-2006, 7:54 PM
While you obtain Photoshop legally, get Irfanview (http://irfanview.com), which is a freeware image conversion program. You can use it to view the files or save them into a more portable format, such as PNG.

UED77

Neo
02-03-2006, 8:05 PM
I always prefered the old ACDSee versions for that kind of stuff.

Though XP's preview images feature is pretty nice as is.

-Neo

sololop
02-04-2006, 12:19 AM
Yeah, I have heard of irfanview. sopossed to be one of the better pic converters/viewers. Never heard of 'ACDSee' though.

Anyway, I already used PS to get my pic, but then I got irfanview and it's less grainy now.

Thanks for the tips.