Screen Shots

EDD allows automatic conversion of Elite Dangerous .bmp or Steam screenshots to other formats, with scaling/clipping.

The screenshot dialog allows you to configure EDDiscovery to automatically recognise screenshots taken either inside Elite Dangerous (F10) or via Steam, and convert and rename them into another format. Additionally you can crop them if required.

The log during start up tells you what folder and file type it is scanning for, and after every screenshot tells you it has converted it. Use this to check the system is working.

Screenshot previews are available in EDD by the screenshot panel.

The master options are directly on the setting page:

• Auto convert: turn on/off screen shot system

• Remove original image after conversion: Select to delete the original screenshot (do not use for steam).

• Mark High Resolution Files: Add a marker to show in the filename its Hi Res (ED Screenshots only)

• Copy to clipboard: Copy the image directly to the clipboard, so you can paste it into other programs

Click on Configure to get to the detailed configuration dialog:

Here you can set:

• Enable/Disable

• ED/Steam Screenshot folder: Set this to the correct folder. See below.

• Scan For: What files to scan for. Select BMP for ED launcher/ED, JPG/PNG (as selected by steam).

• What to do with the original image: Leave, remove or move to.

• Store Converted Pictures: Where to put the files after conversion.

• Save As: What format to put the files in (note BMP cannot be used if the converted pictures folder is the same as ED screenshot folder)

• In Sub Folder: Option to store the file in a subfolder of store converted pictures, which different naming schemes.

• In File Name Format: Use the drop down to select your preferred naming schema.

• Mark Hi-res in filename

An example file name is showm

• Clipboard - copy to clipboard either the master or image 1 or 2.

• Crop/resize Image (and the settings): Cut the image to these specification. Two crops/resize are supported per image, so you can get a thumbnail and a main image.

To select scanning for BMPs from Elite Dangerous F10 button

The correct folder for screenshots taken with Elite Dangerous is c:\users\<user name>\Pictures\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous. Replace with your user name. Do a test screenshot and them ensure that .BMPs are in there from ED.

Save as JPG, PNG etc. Do not select BMPs if the two folders are the same.

To select scanning for Steam, you set up as follows:

Select Scan for JPG or PNG, dependent on your steam F12 settings. The correct folder depends on where you store your steam game files, but it should be Steam root folder\userdata\steam ID\ED ID\screenshots.

Save as JPG, PNG etc into a different folder than above. Do not delete the originals.