Best Practices for illustrated screenies?

[ArmChairGeneral]

What is the best way to go about taking screenshots, marking them up, cropping, resizing etc. the images used in AARs? I am interested in opinions on what software to use, what size to make the images for best performance on the forum, whether to use a third party storage server like imageshack and any other advice or observations anyone has on this topic.

Thank You!

[Lindi]

For me, I use paint and snipping tool, that it includ in windows 7.

For me : http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?27591-French-AAR-BoA2-PBEM-Guru94-(British)-vs-Lindi-(Indian-and-French)

For picture is not the best of the best, but it's easy to use.

[ArmChairGeneral]

OK, one vote for the included windows solutions, thank you Lindi!

Newbie question here, but how do you take a screenshot? Is there a built-in command I am missing? (I am currently playing CW2, WIA and AJE/BOR.)

[Lindi]

Other included Windows solutions :

Alt + Tab

with this 2 key you can switch white all open application.

Also use "Windows" Key + "D" Key with that you can return to desktop so, is try to have the snipping tool in the game and use that.

For me that work.

[Dortmund]

I use the program "Fraps" for taking the screenshots. It's free and you can capture videos too! Then I edit them with Photoshop and, finally, upload them with imageshack.

[ArmChairGeneral]

Thanks Dortmund, will check this out.