Re: Resolution of graphics for printed docs

[Art Campbell <art -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com>]

My method is to crank the screen resolution up high,
capture with SnagIt and capture to a .png file.

If you capture to a .jpg, you're throwing data away right away
because it's a lossy compression format. And if you edit and
resave it, you're throwing away more data each time you resave.

If you need to adjust the size of the image in your doc, I
would resize rather than muck with the resolution.

Another possible place you're losing significant quality is
when you generate the .pdf. The default settings are to compress
graphics using a lossy compression method. So if you haven't
already, turn those options down or off.

Art

On 9/29/05, Brian Gordon <elasticsoul2003 -at- yahoo -dot- ca> wrote:
> I have discovered that my screenshots look
> like...well, not good, when printed. Onscreen they're


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