I used to take phone screenshots and crop them in Paint, leaving this ugly white border around everything. Then last month I tried the Snip & Sketch tool on Windows and realized I wasted like 200 terrible posts on here with those janky edges. Anyone else still using ancient software to make these?
So I stopped at this Shell on Route 9 near Hudson yesterday getting coffee and I noticed their big US map on the wall had Lake Erie labeled as Lake Michigan. It's printed on the wall itself not a sticker so someone really screwed up. If you're taking a screenshot of that for a geography fail post watch out - it'll throw off your whole joke. Anyone else caught a bad map that made you double take?
So I've been posting screenshots for years and always just left the top bar with the time, battery, wifi icon, all that. Never thought twice about it. Then last week someone commented on one of my posts asking why I leave the 'forehead' on my screenshots. I didn't even know that was a thing people cared about. Now I'm questioning everything. Half the funny fails I see here have the bar cropped out, the other half leave it in. Which way do you guys go? And does it actually matter or am I overthinking this?
I spent like 10 minutes on my phone trying to remove my ex from a pic at Dave's party last summer, but the editing app glitched and left this single arm hovering next to the birthday cake. Has anyone else had a DIY edit turn into something way weirder than the original?
I used to cram every filter and sticker I could find into my phone edits, thinking more was better. A friend who does design work said my last one looked like a flea market exploded on screen. Now I stick to one filter and maybe crop out the background clutter instead of hiding it. Has anyone else had to dial back their style after someone called it out?
I dropped 30 bucks on a premium screenshot editing tool last month because I wanted cleaner cuts for my game clips. Big mistake. The cropping tool was so glitchy it added black bars on every single image. Tried to fix a screenshot of my high score and ended up with a blurry mess I couldn't even post. Contacted support and they ghosted me after three emails. Anyone else get burned by a paid photo app that was supposed to make life easier?
I tried to crop this funny meme I made about my cat's judgmental stare, but my phone's default editor kept snapping the selection back to the edges every time I got close. I spent a solid 20 minutes fighting with it before I gave up and downloaded some random free app. Then that app added a weird white border I couldn't remove, so another 15 minutes went into hunting down settings. Finally I just took a new screenshot and used a third app that let me pinch-to-crop exactly. 45 minutes for something that should take 10 seconds. Has anyone else ended up with a graveyard of half-fixed screenshots from bad editing apps?
I had this argument with my friend Mark at a coffee shop in Portland last Tuesday. He took a screenshot of a meme but cut off half the text and left a giant chunk of his phone's battery icon in the corner. He said it was 'intentional framing' and I told him he just didnt care enough to crop it right. Which side do you fall on when you see stuff like that, is it a fail or a style choice?
I tried to take a screenshot of a recipe on my phone last night and ended up with a 3 second recording of my cat's butt instead. My thumb must have hit the record button instead of the home and power combo, and then I cropped it so aggressively it looked like a blobby finger. Learned that I should probably just use the built-in markup tool instead of trying to do it manually like a caveman. Has anyone else had a screenshot fail that made zero sense?
I was at a coffee shop in Portland last Tuesday trying to capture this funny meme reaction pic but it kept coming out blurry. I tried cropping it with my phone's basic editor and ended up with a weird sliver of the image that looked like abstract art. My buddy looked over and showed me how to hold down the power and volume button at the exact same time instead of tapping wildly. It turned out crystal clear on the first try after that. Has anyone else been doing it the hard way without knowing?
I downloaded this app called SnipPro after seeing ads everywhere. Cost me $60 for the full version. But my default Samsung markup tool actually handles basic cropping and arrows way smoother. Anyone else find paid screenshot apps are just overpriced versions of free stuff?
So I entered a photo in our local county fair last month, one I took of my daughter on the Ferris wheel at dusk. I cropped it tight to just her silhouette and the wheel, thought it looked artistic. The judge wrote a note saying I cut off too much of the scene and it lost context. But then another photographer came up to me after and said the crop was perfect, that tight framing made the emotion pop. Now I don't know who to listen to. Do you guys crop things super close to focus on one detail, or do you leave the full scene in so people know what they're looking at?
I was making a birthday card for my sister and needed to grab a bunch of images from a website. My buddy said "just screenshot the whole page and crop what you need." So I took a screenshot of a 40-inch long product page, tried to crop out each item, and ended up with 12 grainy pics that looked like they went through a blender. Two hours later I realized I could have just right-clicked each image. Never listening to him again. Any of you guys have a friend who gives terrible computer advice?
Last summer at the Grand Canyon I spent 20 minutes trying to crop out some random tourist's arm from my sunset shot, only to accidentally hit save on a 2 pixel wide sliver of sky that looked like a moldy green bean.
Took a photo of the sunset over Lake Erie last week and tried to crop out the power lines. Instead I just made this weird orange shape that looks like a creature from a horror movie. My mom asked if I was okay. Anyone else accidentally create cryptids when trying to edit photos?
I tried recording a quick chat on my iPhone's voice memos app (you know, the default one) and the audio came out all tinny and weird, like I was underwater. Then I used my Zoom H1n recorder and it sounded crystal clear, no editing needed. Has anyone else noticed how much background noise gets picked up by phones?
I was looking through my phone gallery last night and noticed all my screenshots of forum threads look super blurry when I zoom in. Turns out my phone was saving them at 720p instead of the full display resolution. I've been posting these fuzzy images in this very community for like 4 months now without realizing it. Has anyone else had their phone secretly change screenshot settings on them?
I was trying to show my buddy a funny error message and he pointed out my phone was saving 3 black bars on every picture because I was editing sideways this whole time, anyone else make dumb cropping mistakes for way too long?
I saw three posts this week where someone took a photo of their computer monitor with a phone, and the screen glare made half the text unreadable. My cousin did it too and insisted it was faster than pressing Print Screen. Which method drives you more nuts when scrolling through here?
I used to crop every single screenshot I took down to the exact pixel, leaving no background at all. Last month my friend saw one I sent her and said "your screenshots look like a ransom note made of phone clippings." That stung because she was right. I was spending 5 minutes trimming each image in my gallery editor, trying to hide the time stamp and my messy notification bar. Now I just leave a little border around the edges and it looks way more normal. It's crazy how one roast changed my whole screenshot game. Has anyone else gotten weirdly harsh feedback on their phone editing habits?
I've been trying to get a clean screenshot of my home screen for a week now. Every time I'd catch the volume button or get a weird reflection glare. Finally last night I sat down with my phone locked on a table and just went for it. 50 tries later and I got one that actually shows my wallpaper without any shadows or finger smudges. Has anyone else gone through this many attempts just to get a simple screenshot right?
Was messing around with some pics from my trip to Lake Tahoe last weekend and tried to use my phone's auto cutout tool to remove my golden retriever from the background. Instead of a clean crop, it left this weird fuzzy blob where his head was, and now my friend group chat won't stop calling him the Tahoe Yeti. Has anyone else had their phone butcher a simple edit this badly?
After he pointed out all my horrible cropping and weird color splotches from me editing on a cracked phone, I finally realized I've been making my photos look terrible for years instead of just using the default screenshot button on my PC. Anyone else have a friend who called them out on their bad editing habits?
I was trying to show my friend this long article about vintage cameras, so I hit the scrolling screenshot feature on my Samsung. I thought it would just grab a couple screens worth, but it kept going and going for like 30 seconds. Ended up with this 14 inch tall image that was basically unreadable, with half the text cut off and a giant blurry chunk in the middle where my thumb slipped. It looked like I had dropped my phone into a paper shredder mid-screenshot. I sent it to him anyway and he just replied with a bunch of question marks. Has anyone else had their phone just completely betray them like that?
Honestly, I was trying to make this funny meme from a screenshot of my cat yawning at the exact wrong moment. I spent like 4 whole hours on my phone using some free editing app, cropping out my messy background and trying to get the text just right. After all that work, I posted it to my group chat and realized I left a huge chunk of my thumb in the bottom corner of the image. Everyone roasted me so hard for it, calling it a 'classic DIY fail.' Have any of you guys wasted way too much time on a screenshot edit that still came out terrible?