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[GUIDE] Making screenshots for Steam with Real Light - Varanon - 02-07-2016
Comrades and guests,
Credits for this go mainly to Jeza for pointing me in the right direction. Check out his screenshots!
The problem with Steam is that when it does screenshots, it takes them before post processing done by Real Light. ReShade/Real Light has a screenshot function, but of course, these aren't sent to steam, and are png to boot (a format that Steam doesn't know).
There is, however a possibility: First off, you can use fraps or bandycam to capture jpg screenshots. The other option is to use the print screen key, which promps ReShade/Real Light to save a screenshot in your Arma 3 directory. To get those into steam, you can use a program called imagemagick, and a small batch file.
Here's how:
First, install imagemagick. You can get it here. Scroll down to the Windows binaries and select the one named "ImageMagick-6.9.3-3-Q8-x64-dll.exe" (assuming you have a 64 bit Windows installed).
During installation, it offers to add the program path to the system command path... say "Yes" to that. You will need to reboot to make sure the changes are known to Windows Explorer after installation.
Next, you need a small batch file. Go to your Arma 3 folder, and create a new text file, naming it "convert.bat" (remove the .txt ending Windows fills in).
Next, copy this line into this file:
@mogrify -format jpg -path "<your steam screenshot directory>" "*.png"
The part named <your steam screenshot directory> should be replaced with the directory steam keeps your screenshots in. To find this, right click on the steam icon in the Windows notification area (the one with the small icons", select "screenshots", and in the Window showing your screenshots, select "Show on Disk".
This will open your screenshots directory. Just copy the path (click once into the address bar and hit CTRL-C" and paste it into the convert.bat file, replacing the <your steam screenshot directory>.
For reference, my path is "H:\Steam\userdata\16543626\760\remote\107410\screenshots".
And that's basically it. Restart Steam, and look at your screenshots again, you will notice the shots will be there. You can then select and upload them to your Steam account.