How to create a screen shot?
PandaParents
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Hello, I have created a game and I would like to know if it is possible to copy a scene from my game so that I can create a screenshot for publication. Thanks!
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Hi @PandaParents
The following is for the Mac version of GSC, I don't know if the Windows version is the same...
When you are in Preview mode, when you want to get a screenshot, click on the camera icon top right. Then you'll be given options: save the screenshot, set the shot as the project screenshot, and/or scene the screenshot for the scene.
Another way - again on a Mac - is to check in your Utilities folder if you don't know about the program called Grab. Open that and you're given different options for screen grabs.
Finally, you can press Command+Shift+4 to get a screen grab of the complete screen; obviously you'll then need to crop it in something like Photoshop.
Here's an online article detailing those options and more, if you're interested to learn more:
http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Mac-OS-X
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Although if you take a screenshot on your computer - and the game is Retina - it will be (comparatively) low-resoltion, might be better to take a screenshot on your iPad/iPhone/Android.
Good point, @Socks; I guess it depends on the size required... sometimes it might be OK for screenshots in iTunes Connect, for instance, as you know.
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Ah ! Yes, of course, I missed the 'publication' bit in his post, I was just thinking best quality, but yeah I take your point.
It would be good if GameSalad has a screenshot function that referenced the high-resolution files and gave you (in the case of a Retina iPad project) a 2048 x 1536 pixel image even when taking a screen shot on your computer.