Importing clear, sharp images

[Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain@aeris.net)]

I only use PNG with screen captures ... the (older) standard GIF color size (used to be set of 256 colors ... has that changed?) would be way too limiting in most cases (not all).

Any drawn image with gradients - which are not always obvious - or pictures, will result in a poor quality. And, PNG will be far better for these reasons.

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Turner
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:58 AM
To: Robert Lauriston
Cc: framers
Subject: Re: Importing clear, sharp images

We use PNG or GIF formats to get the sharpest screen captures. We use PDF for all other graphics.

> On Jun 18, 2015, at 10:36, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
> 
> Are you using File > Import > File > by Reference?
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Tim Pann <TPann at telecomsys.com> wrote:
>> Output is PDF, and yes, my issue is with the finished product, not 
>> what I'm seeing on my computer screen.
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 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?
>> 
>> --
>> Shmuel Wolfson
>> Technical Writer
>> 052-763-7133
>> 
>> 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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