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#1 Dec 03 2006 at 10:13 AM Rating: Decent
does anybody know why I cant open screenshots after i've made them? computer says that it can't find the right program to open it with
#2 Dec 03 2006 at 10:19 AM Rating: Decent
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Most basic picture editing software cannot open .tga (targa) files. Download THE GIMP. http://www.gimp.org/windows/
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#3 Dec 03 2006 at 10:42 AM Rating: Decent
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I still don't get why they decided to go with the .tga format. It's, to my knowledge, one of the least used formats?

I would've gone with .bmp or something you could open in Paint.
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#4 Dec 03 2006 at 11:03 AM Rating: Decent
bitmaps use WAAAY too much space. tga isn't used very much, but I have PSP so I can open it fine. You prolly can go on google and find yourself a free program to open it.
#5 Dec 03 2006 at 12:22 PM Rating: Good
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bitmaps use WAAAY too much space.
tga files are large as well, standard WoW screenies are about 5meg a piece.

I'd think it would have something to do with quality vs capture engine vs licensing vs compatibility vs other stuff.

The Gimp works great though, and it's free (open source).
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