Re: Screen Capture Resolution Problem in FM 7.1

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Meenakshi Razdan" <meenakshi_razdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I am facing problem in importing the graphics in my FM document.
> My screen capture are of 10.6" x 7.4" size. When I import screen captures
> (bmp/jpg) using File -> import -> file option with fit in rectangle
> selected, the screen capture gets dithered.
> Almost all my screen captures are of this size.

You need to realize that bitmapped graphics (like screen captures) cannot
be resized arbitrarily and still display without problems. What you
should be concerned about is *not* how the graphic looks in FM, but
how it looks in your intended final format (printed, PDF, HTML, etc.)

FM does not "smooth" graphics on-screen like Word or Acrobat do,
but print/PDF output should generally look perfectly OK.

I'm not sure if you mean that all your screen captures all have the
same size on the screen, or that you wish to fit them all into an
anchored frame of size 10.6" x 7.4". It's a bad idea to resize
screen captures of different original size to fit a particular
frame size. Instead, select a few DPI values at import time that
will give you acceptable sizes in FM. Use one DPI value as the
standard, and use the other ones if you think the resulting image
in FM becomes too large or too small. In general, it's a good idea
to select DPI values that are evenly divisible by the resolution
of your final output device. If that sounded like gibberish, here's
an example: if your final format is printed on a 600 dpi printer,
select DPI values of 75, 100, 120, 150, 200, etc. You can try to use
100 DPI as a standard, and then use 75 and 150 DPI as alternatives.

Do *not* resize by dragging with the mouse or by a scaling value.
Always use the DPI setting.

As others have said, JPEG is an unsuitable format for captures.
It's ended for photographic-like images with smooth transitions of
colors and few sharp edges, often the very opposite of captures.

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Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
Technical Communicator, Uppsala, Sweden
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