RE: Resized screen shot graphics in Frame 6.5 for PC

[Jim Dooley <jimpynyc -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

If you are talking about FrameMaker, there is a pretty
good solution.

1--decide what size you want the image in the original
document (width or height). If you're real picky,
figure out both & the ratio of width to height.

2--take your screen shot (if you were "picky," try to
get the screen shot proportions to match the final
product. For example, if doing a region capture that
will be set in a 6"X 8" box, your ratio is 3:4).

3--save your bitmap.

4--open the bitmap in photoshop.

5--choose Image>Image Size & make the following
selections under "Document Size" (ignore Pixel
Dimensions):
for print, set resolution to 300dpi, for web-only, set
it to 72dpi.
6--Same screen, also under "Document Size," set your
width OR height. (if you were "picky" they should be
CLOSE. If you're REAL picky, either crop the image
down to size or re-shoot the image).
7--click OK.

Your image will print at the desired resolution & will
fit the box in FrameMaker. If you had just tried to
stretch the image in Frame, it would have lost
resolution as you dragged the image to a larger size,
or added too much resolution if you were shrinking
it).

While you're at it, if the image is for B&W printing,
adjust the images colors or brightness/contrast (if
needed)--document what you do, so you can repeat it
for other screen shots. Then, change Image>Mode to
grayscale.

Whether color or grayscale, you should also play
around with Filter>Unsharpen Mask. We just did a job
with numerous b&w screen shots @ 300dpi & found
unsharpen mask settings of 40, 1, 2 worked well.
(though, screen shots are mostly boxy line art, they
do have text & this little bit of unsharpening seems
to help).

oh yeah: for print or pdf, save images as tiff or eps.
for web, i'm guessing giff over jpeg, but ask around
or try both. (bmp isn't supported by either)



>From: "Brierley, Sean" 
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:51:45 -0400
>X-Message-Number: 17

>Unless you are beta testing something, I assume you
>meant PageMaker 6.5 or FrameMaker 6.0 ;?)

>If you are taking a screen capture that is full-page
>size, and then trying
>to reduce it to fit in, say, a 4-inch text column,
>you are out of luck.



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Anne Houghton
[SMTP:anne_m_houghton -at- hotmail -dot- com]
> Sent:	Monday, August 13, 2001 4:06 PM
> Hello Frameusers!  I am a relatively new Frameuser,
although not new to 
> desktop publishing.  I'm having difficulty retaining
resolution as I bring
> 
> in screen shots from a program my company is
developing into Frame (for
> PC). 
>   The resolution is fine, as long as I leave it at
full page size.  Once I
> 
> reduce it in either my capture programs or Frame, I
lose a significant 
> amount of resolution.  How can I bring resized
(smaller) screen shots into
> 
> Frame and retain my resolution?  I have both Capture
Pro and Snag-it, as 
> well as Illustrator 9 and Photoshop 6.  I've reset
my printer to a 
> postscript printer, level 2, optimized for quality. 
I've tried every
> Frame 
> importing and pasting option I know and haven't had
any luck.  What am I 
> doing wrong?  I appreciate any advice!
> 
> I'm mainly interested in sharp screen resolution to
eventually create
> pdfs.  
> The screen shots I'm working with are in color and
I'd like to retain the 
> color in the .pdf.


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger
http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available now at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com

A landmark hotel, one of America's most beautiful cities, and 
three and a half days of immersion in the state of the art:
IPCC 01, Oct. 24-27 in Santa Fe.  http://ieeepcs.org/2001/

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit 
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.