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B1015 - How do I display good miniature screen shots? by - Joseph Ganci Would you happen to know of a good solution to taking print screen shots of pictures (Microsoft Windows look alike graphics) that need to be reduced to about 3/4 or 1/2 their size without any of the quality being lost.
The pictures will be inserted in Authorware for CD-Rom / online use. Any suggestions
will be much appreciated. If you're referring to Windows screen shots, it's difficult
to size them down without losing quality. That's because the original graphic,
the screen shot, is basically made up of thin letters, lines, and such. When
you resize a photograph of a forest, it's not as noticeable because there are
continuous streams of colors. So, here's what I have found produces the best quality
solution, having done a lot of software training over the years. Again, the
results will not be outstanding, but they will be much better than other approaches.
Use Photoshop or the new Paint Shop Pro version (www.jasc.com) to do this. 1. Set the number of colors for the graphic to 24-bit
(16.7 million colors). The more colors you have, the easier it is for the software
to resize the graphic, and the smoother the final result. 2. Resize the graphic. 3. Try saving it as a GIF. If it looks lousy, try saving
it as a JPEG, set to the highest quality. The result should look like the original, but somewhat
"fuzzy". At least it will be relatively readable. Of course, it will
be much easier to read at 2/3 size than 1/2. with a rating of 10 Read the review or Add your review Back |