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====Saving images==== | ====Saving images==== | ||
− | *Since the [[#Saving garden with url|urls are changing]] | + | *Since the [[#Saving garden with url|urls are changing]] the only way to save a particular garden is to save an image of the current garden. |
− | **Alternatively | + | **Alternatively by deleting all lamps (or changing them to laser beams or turning them upwards) the no new growth will occur. But then the garden will no longer develop. |
− | *In Edge, Firefox and Chrome, the image plus light cones but minus lamps and icons elements, can be saved by right clicking in the image. (Not possible in | + | *In Edge, Firefox and Chrome, the image plus light cones but minus lamps and icons elements, can be saved by right clicking in the image. (Not possible in explorer). |
**They do not always save in the same way as some browsers saves the part of the background without any light cones as white, and other save it as no background, in which case it may render black, basically hiding any black items outside the light. | **They do not always save in the same way as some browsers saves the part of the background without any light cones as white, and other save it as no background, in which case it may render black, basically hiding any black items outside the light. | ||
***For those images it depends on which viewer is used to see the image, if everything can be seen or only that in the light cones. | ***For those images it depends on which viewer is used to see the image, if everything can be seen or only that in the light cones. | ||
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****See more details about how these [[1663:_Garden/Screen-shots#Color_maps|color maps]] have been made. | ****See more details about how these [[1663:_Garden/Screen-shots#Color_maps|color maps]] have been made. | ||
****See also (at least) two examples of saved images as the are here on explain xkcd [[1663:_Garden/Screen-shots#Saved_image_from_xkcd|here]]. | ****See also (at least) two examples of saved images as the are here on explain xkcd [[1663:_Garden/Screen-shots#Saved_image_from_xkcd|here]]. | ||
− | *An image of the whole screen can be captured by pressing the PrtScn (Print Screen) key on the keyboard | + | *An image of the whole screen can be captured, by pressing the PrtScn (Print Screen) key on the keyboard & then pasting the content into a blank image in an image-editing program. |
− | **An even better solution is to use a tool like {{w|Snipping Tool}} which can take the part of the screen that are relevant. This is how most of the [[1663: Garden/Screen-shots|screen shots]] for this explanation has been | + | **An even better solution is to use a tool like {{w|Snipping Tool}} which can take the part of the screen that are relevant. This is how most of the [[1663: Garden/Screen-shots|screen shots]] for this explanation has been aquired. |
− | **In both | + | **In both way the lamps and icons can also be displayed, which is not an option with saved images. |
===Lamps=== | ===Lamps=== |