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== Bootleg Gallery ==
To create a gallery in the Source Editor, just expand the Advanced section and click the Gallery button next to the "Insert" label, and fill everything out. The procedures to do this are covered below.
 
For Visual Editor users, click the Insert dropdown, then expand it by clicking More, then click Gallery. This is not recommended, as it may prove to be inefficient since there doesn't appear to be an option to add images in bulk.
 
All screenshots '''must''' be captured in PNG format , taken from a VM screen (doesn't matter how you get a VM running) and if the screenshot is taken from a hypervisor, be cropped to just the VM screen (for obvious reasons).
 
You can use the hypervisor's screenshot function if it has it, and any hypervisor that is applicable for testing the bootleg. Although you ''can'' just use the Install Any OS VMs (or soon, crusttestCrusttest, butwhich it'sis stillnearly indone, developmentbut stagesnot rightyet nowready andfor public release. It will become usefulin handy for later), but for now it is not applicable) using a virtual machine is highly recommended, as you don't have to deal with distractions and disruptions from any potential troublemakers that can arise in using a public environment, and you get a higher quality picture as itthere isn'st notany compressedJPEG bycompression from the CollabVM server itself.
 
=== Labeling your screenshots and formatting it in its own gallery ===
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<code>Vista X360 Ganja Edition Desktop.png</code>
 
And as for places to look, here are a few good places to look:
 
You must order the screenshots in the gallery in the way that the portions down below are ordered. You can only take one of each screenshot, and if there are multiple sections of one portion, it doesn't exclude it from capture. The Desktop, Start Menu, and Demo portions must always be included, even if it's unchanged from stock. Do not attempt to alter or change anything in the bootleg, and try to keep everything as is in its default configuration. An exception to this is if the resolution is raised to 1024x768.
 
* Try to maintain a consistent resolution of 1024x768 across all screenshots, if possible. The reasoning behind that specific resolution is because it is a good balance of size and content. (thatThat being, it's not too big or small, and just about everything else will properly fit in that resolution without any cramming).▼
 
; Pre-boot selector / Boot selector (''if it exists'')
; Empty desktop (''if anything else is shown when you first arrive to the desktop, such as a WPI screen, a popup (like a welcome center or other such), a system shutdown prompt, etc, then that makes it a Desktop on First Boot portion, otherwise it's just a Desktop portion'')
; Start menu (''the start menu of the default theme'')
*: Don't forget to specify the default theme's name when you're captioning the startStart menuMenu image. You can find it by simply opening the Display Properties applet and lookingreading off of the default theme in the theme selectordropdown field.▼
; Demo (''a Demo portion involves showcasing various system and user information dialogs, where there will usually be changes. the list of the programs involved will be included in its own listing'')
*: If you're doing the Demo portion, and the programs are too big even after resizing them, take separate screenshots of them. If you're on Windows Vista and later, use the AeroShot(CRE) utility instead.▼
: System Properties (''usually there will be OEM branding'')
: Support Information (''if it exists, then include it'')
 
This is the minimum baseline for taking screenshots. You can take screenshots of anything else you want, as long as you have taken screenshots of the necessary portions.
 
=== Some other things you need to know ===
▲* Try to maintain a consistent resolution of 1024x768 across all screenshots, if possible. The reasoning behind that specific resolution is because it is a good balance of size and content. (that being, it's not too big or small, and just about everything else will properly fit in that resolution without any cramming).
▲* Don't forget to specify the default theme's name when you're captioning the start menu image. You can find it by simply opening the Display Properties applet and looking in the theme selector.
▲* If you're doing the Demo portion, and the programs are too big even after resizing them, take separate screenshots of them. If you're on Windows Vista and later, use the AeroShot(CRE) utility instead.
 
=== Structure of a themes gallery ===
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