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#1 2010-06-15 22:19:51

director_3000
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Registered: 2010-04-17
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User Account Settings

How do I make one of my scratch projects into the picture for my account????

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#2 2010-06-15 22:23:44

coolstuff
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Re: User Account Settings

You'd have to take a screenshot of your project, and then set it to your user image via the "Change Picture" link.

As for taking a screenshot, I find the easiest way is to press the "Print Screen" button (looks like "prt scn," usually on the same button as "pause/break," and at the top of the keyboard above the arrow keys) and then control+V it into Microsoft Paint. Then, you can crop the image as you like, and then save it and upload it to the Scratch website! It takes time, but it gets the job done.

If you have a Mac, you can take a screenshot by pressing command+shift+4 and then select the area where your project is. It's quite handy  smile

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#3 2010-06-15 22:31:51

ScratchReallyROCKS
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Re: User Account Settings

coolstuff wrote:

You'd have to take a screenshot of your project, and then set it to your user image via the "Change Picture" link.

As for taking a screenshot, I find the easiest way is to press the "Print Screen" button (looks like "prt scn," usually on the same button as "pause/break," and at the top of the keyboard above the arrow keys) and then control+V it into Microsoft Paint. Then, you can crop the image as you like, and then save it and upload it to the Scratch website! It takes time, but it gets the job done.

If you have a Mac, you can take a screenshot by pressing command+shift+4 and then select the area where your project is. It's quite handy  smile

I use that feature all the time! That's how I got my first picture, the Scratch cat with the rifle, from one of my projects. Now I have that Animated GIF in my signature as my picture.


http://imageshack.us/a/img694/3806/sigmad.png

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#4 2010-06-16 02:39:31

Jonathanpb
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Re: User Account Settings

coolstuff wrote:

If you have a Mac, you can take a screenshot by pressing command+shift+4 and then select the area where your project is. It's quite handy  smile

If you have a Windows, you can press Control+PrintScreen (PrintScrn).  smile


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#5 2010-06-16 05:52:22

coolstuff
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Re: User Account Settings

Jonathanpb wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

If you have a Mac, you can take a screenshot by pressing command+shift+4 and then select the area where your project is. It's quite handy  smile

If you have a Windows, you can press Control+PrintScreen (PrintScrn).  smile

Really? I didn't know that - it'd have made my life a lot easier if I did.

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#6 2010-06-17 14:48:55

Aidan
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Registered: 2007-06-15
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Re: User Account Settings

coolstuff wrote:

You'd have to take a screenshot of your project, and then set it to your user image via the "Change Picture" link.

As for taking a screenshot, I find the easiest way is to press the "Print Screen" button (looks like "prt scn," usually on the same button as "pause/break," and at the top of the keyboard above the arrow keys) and then control+V it into Microsoft Paint. Then, you can crop the image as you like, and then save it and upload it to the Scratch website! It takes time, but it gets the job done.

If you have a Mac, you can take a screenshot by pressing command+shift+4 and then select the area where your project is. It's quite handy  smile

Or you can just right-click on the thumbnail, click "Save Image as..." and upload it as your picture. This works well because Scratch project thumbnails are about the same size as icons.

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#7 2010-06-17 15:43:29

coolstuff
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Re: User Account Settings

Aidan wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

You'd have to take a screenshot of your project, and then set it to your user image via the "Change Picture" link.

As for taking a screenshot, I find the easiest way is to press the "Print Screen" button (looks like "prt scn," usually on the same button as "pause/break," and at the top of the keyboard above the arrow keys) and then control+V it into Microsoft Paint. Then, you can crop the image as you like, and then save it and upload it to the Scratch website! It takes time, but it gets the job done.

If you have a Mac, you can take a screenshot by pressing command+shift+4 and then select the area where your project is. It's quite handy  smile

Or you can just right-click on the thumbnail, click "Save Image as..." and upload it as your picture. This works well because Scratch project thumbnails are about the same size as icons.

Ah, that's quite smart  smile  I wouldn't have thought of that.

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#8 2010-06-17 15:58:53

coka
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Re: User Account Settings

Or if you want a picture of your whole stage, just right click on the stage and "Save picture of Stage"

It might turn out tiny, but that's another way.  wink


http://i42.tinypic.com/2rot8c2.png

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#9 2010-06-17 16:04:21

coolstuff
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Re: User Account Settings

coka wrote:

Or if you want a picture of your whole stage, just right click on the stage and "Save picture of Stage"

It might turn out tiny, but that's another way.  wink

Wow, I missed out on a multitude of ways to do that. Thanks everyone for re-informing me!

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