[AccessD] jpg Screen shot

...don't use any program that initially captures your screen as a jpeg ...I
won't go into the details here but when you save an image as a jpeg you are
using a lossy algorithm that throws away portions of the graphic ...its the
nature of the beast ...in order to give them the high quality jpeg they
need, start with a decent graphics program that lets you capture the image
in a high quality, uncompressed format to begin with ...Photoshop and
paintshoppro are the mainstream programs ...I personally use paintshoppro
(www.jasc.com) ...set your screen resolution to the highest resolution your
graphics card can support and make sure your image capture area is clean and
clear at that resolution ...capture the image and save it into un
uncompressed format, preferably the native format of your graphics program
...in paintshoppro that would give you an image with a .pspimage file tag
...using that image you can do all sorts of image enhancements to make your
saved image look better ...then resize it to 300dpi ...if you started at a
much lower screen resolution you might wind up with too small an image at
this point ...once the image is sized/cropped/enhanced just as you'd like to
see it, use your graphics program's feature that optimizes it and saves it
as a jpeg ...use zero compression (even though the jpeg will still have some
inherent image quality loss) and make sure that you use the comparison
feature to ensure minimal visible loss of image quality in the resulting
file.

...now you have a decent sized jpeg at the desired dpi that is the best that
you can present ...hth :)

William Hindman
"Always code as if the person who is maintaining or testing your code is
a violent psychopath who knows where you live." William Silverstein


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 4:30 PM
Subject: [AccessD] jpg Screen shot


Dear List:

A magazine wants a screen shot from my software and they would like it to be
300dpi.

What's the best way to get that off the screen and into a jpg?

MTIA,

Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
http://www.e-z-mrp.com

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