When you choose to edit a screenshot, the Developer starts the frame image editor you specify on the General Developer Settings page of the Options dialog box and opens the screenshot in that application. You then edit the screenshot using that application. When you save the file and close the application, the Developer updates the screenshot in the Topic Editor.

The Developer remains open, but in a suspended state, while you are editing a screenshot. A Developer Not Available message appears during the screenshot editing session and closes when you exit the image editor and return to the Developer. The Developer is not editable while it is in the suspended state. You can click Resume in the message to force the Developer to resume at any time during the screenshot editing session, but you receive a warning that any changes made to the screenshot during the editing session are lost.

Note: When you edit screenshots in a frame image editor, the Developer temporarily converts the screenshots, which are in .png format, into .bmp format. Therefore, the frame image editor you use must be able to support .bmp format images.

To edit the screenshot for the current frame:

1. On the Edit menu, point to Screenshot Editing and choose  Edit Screenshot.
    
2. Edit the screenshot as necessary.
    
3. Save the screenshot in the frame image editor application.
    
4. Close the frame image editor.

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