Blooncyclopedia:Screenshot guidelines: Difference between revisions
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*'''All cosmetics should be disabled''', unless the screenshot is specifically to show cosmetics, in which case they should be the only cosmetics enabled. | *'''All cosmetics should be disabled''', unless the screenshot is specifically to show cosmetics, in which case they should be the only cosmetics enabled. | ||
*If your screenshot is being used to show a specific thing, such as a character animation, it should be cropped to focus on the subject. (The base screenshot you are cropping from should still follow the resolution guidelines described above.) | *If your screenshot is being used to show a specific thing, such as a character animation, it should be cropped to focus on the subject. (The base screenshot you are cropping from should still follow the resolution guidelines described above.) | ||
*In cases where the background isn't required to be something specific (i.e. screenshots of towers the {{series|Bloons TD}}), the background used is up to you, as long as it has a good contrast with the primary subject of the screenshot and it isn't too noisy or distracting. For example, you shouldn't be taking screenshots of an [[Ice Monkey]] on a snowy map. | *In cases where the background isn't required to be something specific (i.e. screenshots of towers the {{series|Bloons TD}}), the background used is up to you, as long as it has a good contrast with the primary subject of the screenshot and it isn't too noisy or distracting. For example, you shouldn't be taking screenshots of an [[Ice Monkey]] on a snowy map. | ||
==Editing screenshots== | |||
Screenshots may be cropped to focus on a subject, or multiple screenshots may be combined into one image if it makes sense to present information that way, such as for a collage or a [[:File:BCS Zee Jay Passive Enhancements 3.4 Bton.png|before/after comparison]]. Otherwise, screenshots shouldn't be visually modified. Unacceptable modifications include, but are not limited to: | |||
*Rotating, flipping, scaling, or distorting | |||
*Changing brightness or saturation | |||
*Adding text, arrows, lines, circles, etc | |||
*Blurring | |||
*AI upscaling | |||
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