Importing clear, sharp images

[Combs, Richard (CW)]

OK, this thread has veered in multiple directions, and the key point that Fred and I tried to make may have gotten lost, partly because as Fred pointed out, we tend to misuse the term "resolution." So let's banish that term. Don't think about resolution and don't do anything resolution-related to your screen shots in PS.

So let me try to restate the key point. If you do a screen capture of a window that's 1000 pixels wide and 500 pixels high, it contains 500,000 pixels (picture elements). You want all 500,000 to be present when you import that image into FM. The image file you save in Photoshop, regardless of file format, should still have dimensions of 1000x500 pixels.

When you import that 1000x500 pixel image into FM, you decide how wide you want it to be on the page by setting the dpi (dots per inch, the print equivalent of pixels per inch). If you want it 5" wide, set the dpi to 1000/5 = 200 dpi. If you want it 6" wide, set the dpi to 1000/6 = 166.666... - well, round it up to 167 dpi. You get the idea. You want all 500,000 pixels to be there, and simply adjust the size by specifying how closely together they should be - the dot pitch, as Fred pointed out.

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tim Pann
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:52 AM
To: Shmuel; framers
Subject: RE: Importing clear, sharp images

Output is PDF, and yes, my issue is with the finished product, not what I'm seeing on my computer screen.

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From: Shmuel [shmuelw1 at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:15 AM
To: Tim Pann; framers
Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp images
Images often appear choppy in FrameMaker, but come out better in the PDF. The way they look in FrameMaker is just like a preview. Is your output PDF, online help, or both?

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On 18-Jun-15 12:10 AM, Tim Pann wrote:
I'm using Frame 9 on Windows 7. And my apologies if this has been covered and answered.

Can anyone point me toward a good resource (or just tell me if it's quick) for understanding how to get nice sharp images imported by reference in FrameMaker? I'm working on a doc right now in which I'm mostly importing PSD files. They're all screen captures of a user interface. I have to resize most of them and they're looking pretty choppy. I switched to a TIF image for one and that didn't help.

I know that TIFF is the preferred format (not sure about PSD but many of my PSD imports look nice) but I don't know if there are specific guidelines or recommendations about resolution, resizing once imported, etc.

I'm happy to provide more information about what I'm doing if needed. No idea what's relevant and what's not.

Thank you,
Tim

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