atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
- From: Steven Parkes <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:46:54 +1000
Christine,
One Snag-It setting that is a bit of a gotcha is the output
resolution. You can choose screen (96dpi?) or print (600dpi). I'm
guessing the numbers because I'm a long way away from a PC at the
moment. Problem is snag-it defaults to screen and they look bad in
a print, particularly if you resize. You get the choice when you
choose to "save as" a file.
My preferred settings are export as PNG file, print resolution. Even
with my failing eyesight the captures look pretty good.
Hope it helps.
Steve
On [15 Sep], at [15 Sep] 5:38 PM, Write Ideas wrote:
PNG will usually be clearer, Christine (K) where how SnagIt saves
its JPEGs is set to save space rather than maximise picture clarity
and resolution. Most graphics applications are set up to use the
compression facility of JPEGs for ease of file sharing by E-mail
rather than to exploit its potential for maximum (uncompressed)
quality.
I would suggest that you check your SnagIt preferences to see what
options are set for saving as JPEG to tweak the quality that you
are after but, if you set it to save disk space, picture quality
will suffer.
Micky G.
Write Ideas
At 17:31 15/09/2008, you wrote:
Strange thing is, I get better resolution when SnagIt is set to
save to .png than when it is set to save to .jpg – and it is
beyond me how or way – or maybe I have been looking at miniscule
differences for so long, I am not seeing clearly any more.
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
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