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I have a problem with the calculations the other posters
sent.
At least on my computer (and all other others that I
worked on before) when I change the screen resolution the
physical size of the single windows of any application
adjusts as well. So e.g. if I start swith 1024x768 and
a window has a widths of e.g. 3 inch.
Then I change the resolution to 1152x864. The window
widths adjusts accordingly. So if I take a screen shot
the graphics will have the same pixel dimensions no
matter with which screen resolution I start.
On windows that means I cannot change the default
dpi value of 96 dpi.
Therefore I can do such calculations but they don´t have
any effect.
When I scale such a graphics in any graphics application
whether it be Snagit or Paintshop Pro or Photoshop or
whatever the application recalculates the graphics so
that pixel get removed or added. In most cases this means
blurry graphics.
So I don´t care about my screen resolution. I just paste
my screen shot into Photoshop, save as EPS (with Interpolation
activated) and import into FrameMaker. Then I print to PS and
distill to PDF and let Acrobat do the scaling.
> If the resolution of a 1024x768 screen set at 256 colors is
> approximately
> 120 dpi, what is the resolution for a 1152x864 screen?
> How can I set up scaling in SnagIt or in any screen capture
> utility so that
> I can set up the size of the capture in pixels to equal
> 5.25"
> 6.75"
> 3.5"?
> In other words, what width would I set the pixels in to equal
> the sizes
> above in inches?
Cheers,
Winfried
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