Talk:The Mask/@comment-25828384-20141010044220/@comment-25356578-20141014181116

@MystialBlueAcer, @BBaeFan1530: Re: copying between wikis: It's actually less to do with copyright (Since WB/DC Comics owns the bulk that's already posted here) and more with attribution/credit which some posters were never getting when cross posting happens. Which is why the rules are in place.

As for how I do screengrabs, well, it can be a bit complicated so brace yourselves.

DISCLAMER: Any program I provide links to is freely downloadable and malware/adware free from their original sources.

1) Find a reliable video source for your grabs. (this part I can't technically help you with execpt to tell you to Google it). For me, I try to use 720/1080p videos without the logos and text, but Mystical's suggestion works, too!

2) A decent video player that allows frame-by-frame skipping and backtracking such as Media Player Classic HC

3a) There are several paint programs available for editing/cleaning your images such as GIMP, MYPaint , and Krita (personal favorite) and of course Photoshop. All three of these programs provide more functionality than MS Paint and will allow you to save in what's called a PNG format just like MS Paint. It's one of the many formats out there that the wiki supports and allow what is called "lossless" saving that allows to save the image as intended. JPG, while good, will sometimes save in a sometimes muddy image quality in comparison to PNG, but since it's your screenshots, it's your call! ;)

3b) Optional hardware would be a graphics tablet - as the name implies it's a drawing tablet that allows you to draw directly into the computer so no waste of paper, yay!. There are many brands such as Wacom that are good for beginners and pros, but one I use is called a Huion H610 which helped me fixed this image.



4) Load your video into MPC and go to your selected part of the video. Pause it and you can use the <-- and --> arrow keys to skip back and forth in the video until you get that image you want and press F5 to save.

The image would normally be in your pictures folder so unless some editing is needed, you can upload your image to the wiki and that's it!

WHEW!!

Ok,  I forgot the original thread of this conversation? Oh, the episode clip was cool! :D