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RE: Editing screenshots that use the Windows XP look
Subject:RE: Editing screenshots that use the Windows XP look From:"Clare Turner" <cturner -at- redflex -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 Jan 2006 09:50:32 -0700
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Subject: RE: Editing screenshots that use the Windows XP look
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> Subject: Editing screenshots that use the Windows XP look
>
> Hello,
>
> My department is in the process of changing the
> screenshots in our printed documentation from the
> Windows Classic look to the Windows XP look. However,
> doing so produces screenshots with shading or
> gradients and pixelated text, numbers, and screen
> backgrounds. Because of the pixelation, it takes much
> more time to manually edit screenshots (for example,
> to mock up data, or add/remove features that aren't
> yet complete) than it did with Windows Classic.
>
> The tools we have to work with are Paint Shop Pro
> [[version 7 and a trial version of Corel PSP (ver
> 10)]] and MS Paint, and none of them offers a
> straightforward way to quickly edit image files.
> Purchasing a more robust tool like Photoshop is
> prohibitively expensive because we have 18 writers in
> our department, and we all need access to our own copy
> of whatever graphics tool we're using. Is there any
> other reasonably-priced tool that lets you easily edit
> screenshots manually to address the issues described
> above? Also, I am curious how others who are using the
> Windows XP look in their printed documents are
> handling the gradients and increased file size needed
> to make the screenshots look OK.
>
> If it matters -- I am using MS Word 2003 to create
> hardcopy docs and then converting to PDF. Also, if
> anyone knows of a list dedicated to working with
> graphics that would be more appropriate for my
> questions, please let me know. Thanks!
>
>
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