Sucrilhus Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 (edited) I usually take my screenshots, rename the files and have that extra-step of converting each one of them into JPG. Because frankly, I don't need the quality (and size) of bmp. I'm wondering if it's possible to make my skyrim take pictures directly in jpg format. Anyone knows how? Thanks in advance PS: Now that I came to think of it... I could just use steam... LoL Edited November 10, 2013 by Sucrilhus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicadam132 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 There is fraps but to have it in jpg you have to have the paid version(it's bmp in the free version), but all i do is change the file extension and it works, but other that that i do not know, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sucrilhus Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 There is fraps but to have it in jpg you have to have the paid version(it's bmp in the free version), but all i do is change the file extension and it works, but other that that i do not know, sorry. For some reason I thought the conversion wouldn't work properly if I just changed the name of the extension. As in... the file would be an oversized jpg. Good call on fraps, I've been only using it to record footage, but I'll give it a try with screenshots too Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuitbomb Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 F12 in Steam will give you a screenshot, that is, if you're using Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sucrilhus Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 (edited) Yeah , for some reason I had taken away the hotkey for steam-screenshot a long long time ago... so I completely forgot about the feature. I'll go back to use it. Thank you both Edited November 10, 2013 by Sucrilhus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadeybladey Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 If you use MSI Afterburner you can make video without the performance drop of Fraps and also set a key to make a jpg screenshot. It's what I've been doing for 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sucrilhus Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Thanks Shadey, I've followed your suggestion and downloaded MSI Afterburner. You're right! This program you suggested affects a lot less the FPS when compared to fraps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadeybladey Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 You're welcome! You can also control where the screenshots go. The bmps that Skyrim makes tend to be hidden away. It's not so easy to upload the jpegs to your Steam profile, though. You can also set your fans to be controlled by Afterburner. I have mine defaulted to 30% at 30ºC and increment by 1% per ºC. It rarely gets above 60ºC. Without it, I hit 95º within minutes of launching Skyrim. I just have to remember to apply the profile when I boot up, otherwise it defaults to 50% for some reason. Probably something in my card's Catalyst settings. ~.~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sucrilhus Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 I'm utterly scared of changing things with my graphics card. But changing the Fan Settings sounds like a good idea, I'll play a little with that too. (Overclocking is a big "no" in my book though... I'm pretty sure I would mess up something if I attempted to overclock my GPU hahah) Thank you again, I appreciate the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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