Re: Editing screenshots that use the Windows XP look

[Bryan Sherman <bsherm -at- gmail -dot- com>]

At the risk of turning this is to a SnagIt thread, I'll add that
SnagIt's ability to change the color depth is very useful. I set it to
autmatically drop to 8-bit color, you don't loose any detail in the
typical application screen cap and you get a smaller file size. This
is especially helpful when you will be using the caps in Word, since
we all know how Word loves it when the files get large... ;-)

On 1/6/06, John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Andrea...I capture XP images in Snagit and my image do look OK out of
> the box...PNGs capture 16 million colors, enough to handle any
> gradient. From your message, it seems that your problem is not
> capturing them, but modifying them after capture.
>
> I don'tr modify the graphics after capture..I make sure they are
> acceptable prior to capture. As far as "...add/remove features that
> aren't yet complete...", my position is that the image should reflect
> what the user sees in the application, not only what I'd like them to see.
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
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