URGENT_Images and DPI

[Diane Gaskill]

Susan,

You need to resize the screenshot outside of FM. FM does not maintain DPI settings when you scale a graphic to fit within a frame.  It's one or the other.  I don't use Snagit so I do not know if you can do it with that tool.  I do knokw that you can do this in Paintshop Pro because that is the tool I use.

Hope this helps.
Diane Gaskill


-----Original Message-----
>From: Susan Curtzwiler <SusanCu at vmc.com>
>Sent: Apr 9, 2009 8:06 AM
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: URGENT_Images and DPI 
>
>Hi All, 
> 
>Software:  FrameMaker 7.0  on Vista Enterprise.  SnagIt 9 in .PNG format - required by management. 
>Audience:  Technicians in a data center - they will be using a standard laptop.  This is for a runbook, mostly will be viewed on screen, limited printed copies in black only.
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>I need some really quick help with how to best use the DPI settings to import screen captures by reference.  
> 
>I have some wide screen captures that will not fit into the anchored frame and retain clarity. 
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>If I use the 96 DPI, I can get the area being emphasized, but not enough surrounding area to have landmarks for the user. 
> 
>The larger screen captures, about 4x6, are even more difficult.  If I use the 150 DPI, it goes in the anchored frame, but again the text quality is not very good. 
> 
>Any input will be great.   I will be working with the FM scaling tool and see if I can get satisfactory results. 
> 
>Thanks,
>Sue Curtzwiler 
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