POST YOUR WHOLE SPRINGFIELD SCREENSHOTS!

sonny1618 wrote:
I tried to use a few of those Mac apps and it was them I had the problem with. Perhaps I just didn't take enough screenshots or do it in the right way. What's the process? How much do you have to overlap? Do you go across the top from left diagonally up right and then back on yourself or what? In what order do you put them in the app to stitch them together in the right way?

I'm usually good at figuring out this stuff but I have absolutely no experience with photo editing software and this one really got me stumped.

Well, I find that this software, doubletake, isn't very difficult to use so I didn't mind it. :D

To answer your questions, how much you overlap depends on how you take the snapshot. You need to mentally remember approximately where the end of the snapshot is and take the next one from there. One good tip that zuzu mentioned is that when taking snapshots, wait till the build menu and task book disappear before taking it. Just so you don't have to crop those out.

These are the steps I usually take. :)

1. I usually take about 30-40 snapshots of my entire Springfield. I start from the top left hand corner and work downwards and than going back upwards again. I do this until I have taken snapshots of everything (or so I think)

2. I do the same when I open up the software and piece everything together in the same order.I find it easier to take 3 pictures of one area to piece together at a time instead of just chucking everything in to piece together. Like I mentioned, this one is really easy to use. It's just a drag and drop really and it'll merge the pictures together for you. Just need to match the pictures up like a jigsaw.

3. It should be done now but if certain parts are layered too much, the portion becomes a little blurry, I try and re-take snapshots of my Springfield again and piece that area again. Or I might miss a few portions and I'll go back and take a snapshot of that area again.

I hope this answers your questions. :)