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JoanMarie

 

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Reducing Screenshots? - 8/15/2001 20:36:00   
I do a lot of screenshots for online use and for html help files. Using PrintScrn works well for this. I use Corel's Photo-Paint9 to save as either .gif or .jpg files depending on which looks best.

Everything goes well when I crop and save the graphics at 100%. But resampling is a disaster. I can't seem to find a combination that will give me good sharp output at, say, 50% reduction.

I've tried creating the file at 300 dpi Resolution and at 96 dpi then reducing but any reductions I do result in very fuzzy output.

TimC

 

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RE: Reducing Screenshots? - 8/16/2001 20:09:00   
Heres is a good primer that has several recomendations and tips for this exact situation. Just finished reading it myself, moments before I came over here and found several new tricks - Tim C.

http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-3883-8-4892140-1.html?tag=st.bl.3880.pro_h.3883-8-4892140-1


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Nancy

 

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RE: Reducing Screenshots? - 8/16/2001 23:21:00   
I've also read somewhere that reducing the size of images in increments seems to help reduce the loss of quality.

So instead of just reducing to 50%, maybe do 80%, then 65%, and then to 50%. I usually reduce using pixel size rather than percent though.

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RE: Reducing Screenshots? - 8/18/2001 20:37:00   
SnatIt (TechSmith I believe) has always seemed to work best for me.

Mike Rischard


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