Re: Resolution of graphics for printed docs

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Screen resolution doesn't matter. A 300px by 200px image will be a
300px by 200px at any resolution. But yes, PNG is not lossy like JPG.
And yes, your joboptions when distilling matter as well.

On 9/29/05, Art Campbell <art -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> My method is to crank the screen resolution up high,
> capture with SnagIt and capture to a .png file.
>
> If you capture to a .jpg, you're throwing data away right away
> because it's a lossy compression format. And if you edit and
> resave it, you're throwing away more data each time you resave.
>
> If you need to adjust the size of the image in your doc, I
> would resize rather than muck with the resolution.
>
> Another possible place you're losing significant quality is
> when you generate the .pdf. The default settings are to compress
> graphics using a lossy compression method. So if you haven't
> already, turn those options down or off.

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