Re: "usable" screen captures

Subject: Re: "usable" screen captures
From: "Tom Johnson" <tomjohnson1492 -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:36:22 -0600

Do any of you regularly reduce the size of your screenshots? I usually
reduce all my screenshots to 75% of their original size. This allows me to
capture a width of 700 px rather than 525 px, which gives more context to
what I'm pointing out. After I capture at a width of 700, reducing it by 75%
changes it to 525 px, which fits into my printed manual's margins.

However, I've noticed that resizing in Word or InDesign results in a much
crisper image than resizing in SnagIt or Photoshop. So for my printed
images, I resize them in Word using a macro. However, this technique makes
callouts difficult, because text that is resized never quite looks as clear
to me as the original size. As a result, I use captions much more than
callouts. If I do use callouts, I don't resize anything.

Tom
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References:
RE: "usable" screen captures: From: Cardimon, Craig
RE: "usable" screen captures: From: Leonard C. Porrello
RE: "usable" screen captures: From: Cardimon, Craig
RE: "usable" screen captures: From: Leonard C. Porrello
RE: "usable" screen captures: From: Cardimon, Craig

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