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A '''screenshot''' or '''screen dump''' is a direct duplicate of what is shown on screen at a given time. Most games, including all of the Diablo titles, allow these to be taken while playing the game, with the use of the "Print Screen" keyboard button. Screenshots can also be taken with various external programs, many of which will also record movies of the game, or can be set to take screenshots at timed intervals, rather than manually.
==Diablo 3 Images==
Blizzard has released hundreds of Diablo III screenshots, showing off the various characters, monsters, levels, and skills in the game. There have been a lot of screenshots, however they only show a few limited areas of the game, and all the things seen in screenshots have been seen elsewhere; in gameplay movies, or especially in the playable demos at BlizzCon 2008, 2009, and 2010. In this way Blizzard shows off a lot of images, while actually showing very little of the game.
Countless images taken from Diablo 3 screenshots fill the articles in this wiki. The small page format of a wiki doesn't allow for proper appreciation of quality images though, so it's recommended that interested fans seek out the full sized screenshots.
[[File:Tristram-graveyard1.jpg|thumb|500px|The [[Barbarian]] smashes some undead in a graveyard in [[Tristram]].]]
The best collection of Diablo 3 Screenshots can be seen in the image gallery of Diii.net, the leading fansite. They have archived every single released screenshot, as well as taking hundreds of screencaptures of the various Diablo 3 Gameplay movies. All of the images have informative captions, as well as tags enabling viewers to sort them by the areas, characters, skills, monsters, and other things shown in them.
[http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=564 Diablo 3 Jigsaws] -- Huge images compiled from dozens of screenshots, showing map-like sweeps of the game area. (These are very difficult to create in Diablo 3 since the 3D perspective magnifies images near the center of the screen.)
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=522 Diablo 2 Jigsaws] -- Jigsaw images worked wonderfully in Diablo 2, giving overhead views of huge dungeon areas.
==Diablo 3 Gameplay Movies==
[[File:Cinematic-wizard1.jpg|thumb|500px|The [[Wizard]] enters the Tristram Cathedral.]]
In addition to stand alone screenshots, Blizzard has released several high quality gameplay movies, showing extensive monster-bashing and rainbow-watching. Screen caps of these aren't quite as high quality as the screenshots, but they are still quite nice, as well as informative of the game, for those who haven't had the chance to play yet.
[http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=583 Artisan Movie] -- The [[Artisans]] make their debut in this film, narrated by Game Director [[Jay Wilson]]. This movie is more an informative presentation than an action-fest, and the information presented in it is completely integrated into this wiki.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNP8QiNbFmU View this one] on YouTube.
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