Screen capture, how to copy into post

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Not finding a special place for dumb questions, I venture to post here.
How does one paste a screen capture directly into a message on this forum?

PS I have no trouble dragging an image into the reply.

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You just Ctrl-V on your text.

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@Ofnuts

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately Ctrl-V does not work.
Using win7.
Ctrl + Print Screen used to capture.
Ctrl - V works to paste into other documents but no luck pasting into forum thread reply.

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Well, to figure out where the problem is:

  • Use PrtSc and see if you can paste the image into some image editor (Gimp, for instance, or even MS-Paint). If you have a clipboard utility, see if it shows an imageā€¦
  • Load any image into an image editor, copy to clipboard and see if you can then paste that in your browser
  • Try using a different browser
  • In case this is Discourse which is picky, try this on another site (Imgur and Stackoverflow both accept ā€œpastedā€ images in their image upload dialogs).
5

What OS?

Iā€™ve not tried lately to use a PrtScr and paste (on Windows).

I can try tomorrow.

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@Ofnuts@
@patdavid

Thank you both for your attempts to help.

Does the upload function need to be selected? I have tried it with and without.

Donā€™t know what you mean by [quote=ā€œOfnuts, post:4, topic:3557ā€]
In case this is Discourse which is picky,
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Will try another browser (Firefox) and report.

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1920Ɨ1200 657 KB

Success with Firefox.

So I can now show the strange behavior. Image opened with Neutral profile. No editing whatever. Just select before/after view. Note the strange muting of colors, especially in row #3, of After imageā€¦

Perhaps I should open another thread to pursue this.

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Yes please open a thread in the RT software section.

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@mikesan, I use Win7. Here are some Print Screen tips:

  • Ctrl + PrtSc captures the entire screen.

  • Alt + PrtSc captures the active window.

  • In Win8 and after, Win (+ Alt) + PrtSc captures to file.

  • Error dialogs donā€™t need a screenshot, just Ctrl + C.

I just learned about the last point. It is helpful if you donā€™t want to break the flow of your post with a screenshot or when you cannot select the text in the dialog with the cursor.

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@afre

Thanks for your tips. I have been using Ctrl + PrtScr to save the screen grab. Problem arises when I try to paste that into my forum post using Ctrl + V, when using win7. It does work OK with Firefox.

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My post on print screen was for the sake of completion, since many here use Linux and may not be aware. Also, in Win7, you donā€™t need to modify PrtSc with Ctrl. Just PrtSc would suffice.

I use Firefox on the regular basis, so I havenā€™t encountered the problem. I am curious: which browser wasnā€™t responding to your pasting?

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MS Internet Explorer 11