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Re: Is Photoshop a good tool for screenshots?(long)
Subject:Re: Is Photoshop a good tool for screenshots?(long) From:CHRISTINE ANAMEIER <CANAMEIE -at- email -dot- usps -dot- gov> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 6 May 2002 10:18:13 -0400
> . . . there's no difference between JPG and GIF when
> talking screen shots going to print. Both are
> bitmapped images.
In my experience, there's a significant difference between JPG and GIF: the
compression method used in JPG is good for photographs and terrible for screen
captures (or indeed anything with text).
Christine
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