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My friend told me to "just screenshot the whole page" for a project
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?
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richard_mason16d agoTop Commenter
Feel for you man, I've been there. My buddy still insists you can just "print to PDF" to save any webpage with all its formatting and images, which never works right. @oliver242 is spot on about your buddy owing you time back. I spent an afternoon once trying to "screenshot" a recipe from a blog that had 50 photos of the same dish before the actual instructions. Came out looking like mush. Now I just right click or hit F12 if I'm feeling fancy.
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Right clicking is way faster. Your buddy owes you some time back for that one. 40 inch screenshot sounds like a nightmare honestly.
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parkerb7516d ago
My brother once told me to fix a blurry photo by "just zoom in, take a screenshot, and it'll be clearer." I ended up with a pixelated mess that looked like a Minecraft version of my dog. Took me way too long to figure out he was just messing with me as a joke. Some people really should have their computer privileges revoked.
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