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Attaching Pictures Tutorial

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Yellowrose:
Ok lets see if I can guide you through the easiest way to first get rid of the black background in the ZT 2 screenshotsa and then move on to resizing and putting your pics on imageshack and adding them to your post.

1. find the screenshot you want to add to your post.

fig. 1

Yellowrose:
2. Open the image in MS Paint

fig. 2

Yellowrose:
3. use the selection tool - the rectangle made up of dotted lines to select the image. IBegin at the top left corner of the image and drag to the bottom right hand corner so all the image is selected. Notice the white dotted lines around the outside of the image. Click the thumbnail for a larger view of fig 4

fig. 4

Yellowrose:
Now that your image is selected go to the top menu bar and select edit then select cut. oops image is gone...but not for long. Go to file and select new. When it asks if you want to save the previous image you can say no if you have it saved already if done right you won't need to other image anyway and you can easily locate it again in your Photos folder if needed. When the new window opens with a blank area of white go to edit and then paste. You will now have a new sized image with no black background that you can now continue to resize. I is a good idea to save at this point in case of computer problems, power failuer etc. Always remember when working with graphics to save often. I have lost some good design stuff from NOT following this rule myself.

fig. 5



make note of the pixel size of my pic now as seen in the thumbnail it is now 799 x 597 pixels very close to 800 x 600 so when i continue with resizing you will get a close idea of what numbers to use yourself for resizing.

Yellowrose:
We now have a workable image to resize. In the top menu bar go to image and select stretch/scew

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