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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We’re talking about screen captures. Typical monitors display 96 pixels per inch, so you’re not “creating” something at 300 dpi. And you <b>never</b> want or need to downsample a screen capture. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ll repeat myself just one more time. Ignore “resolution.” Just look at the pixel dimensions of your screen capture. If it’s 1280 x 800 pixels, make sure it <b>remains</b> 1280 x 800 pixels. Period. Divide that 1280-pixel width by the width in inches that you want the graphic to take up in FM, and that’s the dpi you set at import. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Art Campbell<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 18, 2015 4:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Lauriston<br><b>Cc:</b> framers<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Importing clear, sharp images<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>That would sort of be my point. If you want to -- not have to -- you would create your gold copy of the graphic at say 300 DPI and downsample it automatically in Photoshop or simply adjust it to usable size when you import into FM since you specify the DPI during import. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Art Campbell <a href="mailto:art.campbell@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.campbell@gmail.com</a><br> "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson<br> No disclaimers apply.<br> DoD 358<br><br>I support <a href="http://www.TheGrotonLine.com" target="_blank">www.TheGrotonLine.com</a>, hyperlocal news for Groton MA.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Robert Lauriston <<a href="mailto:robert@lauriston.com" target="_blank">robert@lauriston.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Setting the resolution in FrameMaker doesn't degrade the image, it<br>just changes its size. If you set a bitmap of a screen shot to 300<br>dpi, users might have to zoom in 4X to see it.<br><br><span class=im>On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Art Campbell <<a href="mailto:art.campbell@gmail.com">art.campbell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><span class=im>> If you use the screen resolution, they're all going to look like the dog was</span><br><span class=im>> sick. John's recommendation for 160 DPI is about the minimum. If you're</span><br><span class=im>> going to print, or expect your users to print PDFs, I'd go 240 or 300 DPI.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br><br><br>You are currently subscribed to framers as <a href="mailto:art.campbell@gmail.com">art.campbell@gmail.com</a>.<br><br>Send list messages to <a href="mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com">framers@lists.frameusers.com</a>.<br><br>To unsubscribe send a blank email to<br><a href="mailto:framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com">framers-unsubscribe@lists.frameusers.com</a><br>or visit <a href="http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com</a><br><br>Send administrative questions to <a href="mailto:listadmin@frameusers.com">listadmin@frameusers.com</a>. Visit<br><a href="http://www.frameusers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.frameusers.com/</a> for more resources and info.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>