hey i wanted to post up a map ive been working on for a while and it says to start a thread i need screenshots and i see the majority of ppl seem to post the pictures on ImageShack so i made an account and it dosent accept PCX file types. I also am unable to view the PCX file. So my question is what is the most common program you use to open the screenshot and also if i wanted to upload the screenshot and then place it in my future thread, would i have to convert it to a different type?
sorry if this is in wrong section ty for help

I always use http://media-convert.com/ to convert the file into a more common format.

I'll move it to Tech in case you have any further questions about file formats and other related stuff.

if i wanted to view it on my computer? i did research and found that it works with old paint?
i have adobe 8.0 but it says i need photoshop...., i have corel but it says i need corel pro 2 or something......
i tried to open with mozilla but that does not work but it worked for warcraft3 tga file types
i was so desperate i tried vlc.....

Irfanview will save, edit, and open all image file types. (afaik)

zomg ty for both of you, i got my questions answered so fast and nicely within 40 minutes thats good service

To add a bit more, if you just want to upload your files, tinypic.com accepts pcx and auto converts them for you (to jpg, though.)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Audio-Convertors/ToPNG.shtml

step 1. drag image file to exe
step 2. wait less than 4 seconds
step 3. your file is now a PNG file