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Subject:RE: Why JPGs for screen captures? test results From:"Domaschuk, Rob" <Robd -at- datalogics -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:56:39 -0600
Why muck?
A couple of reasons:
1. By setting the size in PhotoShop first, then I don't have to drag the
graphic in Frame. This allows me to ensure that I maintain a consistent
image size. Yes, I could set the frame/image size through the Properties
dialog box, but that is (to me) more work than doing it through PhotoShop.
As I said in an earlier post, I use accelerator keys and I can manipulate
the image in PhotoShop far faster than with a mouse in Frame.
2. I have a lot of screen captures to insert. By doing it in PhotoShop, I
can ensure I always use the same size (4" for large dialog boxes, and 2.5"
for small boxes - AS AN EXAMPLE). By ensuring that my EPS files are created
and saved with a consistent size, then inserting them into Frame is very
fast (again, through the hot keys).
I am defintely not disagreeing with what you've written. For our workflow
and workload, I have found that my process produces high quality results
that are consistent. There are, I should say, more steps to the process,
such as editing the Prologue.PS file to force interpolation, always using
Distiller, always using ZIP compression (if any) and never, ever
re-sampling.
If anyone is interested, I can post the steps I use, including the four or
five lines of PostScript you need.
Rob Domaschuk | 312.853.8337 - p
Technical Writer | 719.623.7431 - f
Datalogics, inc. | www.datalogics.com
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