Please tell me, with all the freehand circles and illustrative figures you can muster, how one goes about posting a screenshot in a question on Stack Overflow?
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This way:
- You go to the place you want to take the screenshot
- You press Prnt Scren (Yey! Our toy is back again!)
- Create an answer/question Any type of post will do http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6651/pantallazo1p.png
- Click on the Insert Image button
- Search an image provider (top google search will do)
I'll choose ImageShack as they are pretty reliable http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3392/pantallazo2q.png
- Click Choose File and select the screenshot file
- Optional: Resize the image to an usable size
- Click Upload
- Copy the first provided link
- Click Choose File and select the screenshot file
- Paste the provided link here
- Click OK
- Hurray! Mission Accomplished! http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6356/pantallazox.png
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1Was laughing my way through as I was browsing through this post, +1 for the entertainment :P– o.k.wNov 4, 2009 at 11:14
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The last image doesn't contain an image and it looks like you're stilling waiting for sstatic.net...– randomNov 4, 2009 at 11:26
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4+1 That's the correct way for using circles! @o.k.w., you infidel, burn that into your eyeballs and never forget! Nov 4, 2009 at 12:29
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1The only thing that would make this better is if the last screenshot was of this answer.– AnonJrDec 21, 2009 at 16:20
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Why does your numbering reset after the first three? Other than that, pure awesomeness! Jul 1, 2010 at 22:19
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1Nowadays, there is the Stack Exchange Imgur pro account, which is to be preferred, to prevent image rot.– ArjanFeb 18, 2011 at 13:37
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3THIS IS HORRIBLY OUT OF DATE AND NEEDS TO BE UPDATED OMG THE HORRORS PLEASE SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDRENZ Mar 2, 2011 at 17:07
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Here's a post on popular Image Hosts you can use:
Image hosting for StackOverflow answers
Upload the images on those hosts and link to the uploaded images via the UI like what the other guys mentioned. That button is here:
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1That "oval" is an affront to all that is good and decent with the world. It is an abomination and flies in the face of huge manatees.– randomNov 4, 2009 at 11:35
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OMG, I didn't know a non-hand-drawn shape is such a bad thing. I'm sincerely asking, why? Did I miss something? I can replace that with a hand-drawn one.– o.k.wNov 4, 2009 at 13:06
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4You prevented a full blown riot there o.k.w Good job on that circle! Nov 4, 2009 at 13:36
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Feel the enlightenment: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19478/the-many-memes-of-meta/…– randomNov 4, 2009 at 13:36
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With the new image upload support:
- Press
prnt scrn
. - Depending on your platform, you may need to paste it into an image editor and save it.
- Click
.
- Click
browse
and select the image.
First you need to upload to a website somewhere. Free image hosting can work, as long as they allow hotlinks.
Link to it using either the normal HTML
<img>
tag, or use the markdown
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Just linking is (no longer) the best way: uploading to the Stack Exchange Imgur pro account is to be preferred, to prevent image rot.– ArjanFeb 18, 2011 at 13:35
Hit the sixth button from the left in the 'post your answer' field. That allows you to build an image link.
Upload it to some image hosting site.
Link to it.
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Just linking is (no longer) the best way: uploading to the Stack Exchange Imgur pro account is to be preferred, to prevent image rot.– ArjanFeb 18, 2011 at 13:35
You can just go to uploadscreenshot.com and paste the image directly into an image upload site if that's easier.
If you are using a Mac or Hackintosh, just reduce your pain and use Skitch (ignore it's prettiness - it is very functional).
Use Jing - it is a simple free screen/region image/video capture utility for Windows, with a one click upload + place the link in the clipboard