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Subject:Re: "Checkerboarding" in captured screens From:Joe Miller <joemiller -at- CANBERRA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:44:54 -0500
Lucille,
>How can you avoid checkerboard patterns in captured screens?
>I am using Paint Shop Pro 4.0 in an NT environment to capture
>screens in an NT-based, proprietary software. The capture and
>my color display are both set to 256 colors.
I've come across the same problem and solved it in Paint Shop
Pro by selecting "Colors | Decrease Color Depth | 16 Colors".
This seems to take care of the problem very nicely.