RE: Editing screenshots that use the Windows XP look

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

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> Subject: Editing screenshots that use the Windows XP look
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> 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. 
> 

But Windows XP has no gradient. (?)


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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