[AccessD] jpg Screen shot

By far, the absolute best format for screenshots is PNG.  Near-infinite
color range (handles 32-bit palettes with ease), lossless compression, and
tiny file size.

Unfortunately, it is open-source based so it hasn't made it to the
mainstream like other more popular formats (GIF, JPG).

I wrote a global error handler that automatically grabs a full screen shot
of the users' workstation upon app failure and stores it as a PNG on the
network.  Files range between 8KB and 25KB!


-----Original Message-----
From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 10:23 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] jpg Screen shot

You should make this into an article.

Thanks to everyone who helped.  I eventually used Irfanview which looks like
a very complete program.  Just got a note from the publisher - the jpg is
fine.  Of course, in the magazine it's going to be probably no bigger than
2" x 2"

Regards,

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [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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