atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
- From: "Dawes, Nigel" <Nigel.Dawes@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:46:51 +1000
Generally...
Screen resolution is captured @ 72ppi and print-ready images should be a
minimum of 300ppi.
Personally, I would never use anything but Photoshop to edit my screen
caps. Some might say that's overkill. However, Photoshop's compression
flexibility is unsurpassed.
Cheers
Nigel
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Parkes
Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 7:47 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: SnagIt and screen dumps
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
> www.writeideas.com.au
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>
> 21 Years of Write Ideas!
>
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