Difference between revisions of "How To Create Screenshots Using Fraps"

Anything and everything. If you can see it on your screen, then FRAPS can capture it and save it as a high-resolution graphic. Currently, FRAPS allows you to save your screenshots in three commonly used formats: 24-bit Windows bitmaps (BMP), compressed J-PEG (JPG), or Portable Network Graphic (PNG) files that use a lossless compression algorythm. All three are good choices, assuming that you have the graphics software to handle each type. For most users, bitmaps (BMP) or J-PEG's (JPG) will be good choices. I personally save my screenshots as uncompressed bitmaps (BMP) and then edit or convert them later on, in a program such as PaintShoip Pro or GIMP. Just about any common graphics program can handle these file types. Remember to save the final result as JPG before uploading to TESDB.com to ensure that the thumbnails work properly.