Re: Adobe Photoshop - Images

["Zen C" <zenizenc -at- gmail -dot- com>]

You guys are great, thanks a million for all the input.

On 8/23/07, Brierley, Sean <Sean -dot- Brierley -at- ipc -dot- com> wrote:
>
> A good image format for screen captures? Not JPEG. Such as BMP, TIFF,
> PNG, GIF, PSD, etc., depending on your output.
>
> Line art? EPS is great (avoid the WMF preview), AI would be fine. WMF
> has issues with curves, don't see many EMFs around, so don't know. Maybe
> use SVG?
>
> Images that include text? Well, anything that embeds fonts, so rasters
> need not apply, use EPS or AI or something. Perhaps SVG? WMF and EMF
> reference fonts, so I don't recommend those.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean
>
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> Fred Ridder wrote:
>
> The JPEG file format is not a good choice for screen shots, line art, or
> images that include text.
>
> **************************
>
> I'm always willing to learn something new.  Most of my graphics programs
> offer a confusingly vast selection of file formats.  Can you suggest a
> good alternative to jpg for the above images?
>
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