What are screenies?
Screenies, aka Screenshots are cropped screenshots of a certain part of the web to show something that someone is interested in eg. something that was funny or entertaining. Many people on neopets make petpages full of funny screenies to show you to keep them and you entertained ;). Most of these screenies include "Something has Happened", things people say on the neoboards, or something random like they won the tombola =). People also give out awards for funny screenies =D. For this tutorial, I am going to teach you how to make these screenies with three programs: MS Paint (provided on most computers) and Paint Shop Pro (all versions).
MS Paint way
1. Go to the page that has the thing you want to screenie
2. Look down at your keyboard. Find a key that says "Prnt Scrn" and press that. This will take a screenshot of the page.
3. Open up MS Paint (if it isn't open already =P)
4. Go to Edit >> Paste or hold the keys Ctrl and V. If it says that the image is larger then the bitmap,
click "OK".
5. Click on a different tool to deselect the image
6. Go to the selection tool, which is shaped like a box with dotted lines
7. Click and drag on the part you want to screenie
8. Hold the keys, Ctrl and C or go to edit >> copy.
9. File >> New (don't save)
10. Paste (Ctrl V or Edit >> Paste)
11. Drag the selected part to the very left corner
12. Deselect the selected part (click any other tool)
13. Resize the bipmap (click on any of the corners and push in) so that only the screenie is showing and no white space.
14. If you want to add any extra parts to the screenie (such as text), do that now =)
15. Save
16. Upload to your image host
Paint Shop Pro way
1. Go to the page that has the thing you want to screenie
2. Look down at your keyboard. Find a key that says "Prnt Scrn" and press that. This will take a screenshot of the page.
3. Open up PSP (if it isn't open already xD)
4. Press (and hold) Ctrl then V
5. Select the crop tool (look at the tutorial "About the tools" if you are confused) and click and drag it
whatever you want the screenie to be.
6. Look at the top bar. Click the checkmark.
7. If you want to add any extra parts to the screenie (such as text), do that now =)
8. Save
9. Upload to your image host
W00t!
Yay! You now have a cool screenie 8)
~Nicolette