Peter Lairo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when i need to make a screenshot, I am always unsure as to which
> fileformat to save it to (gif, jpeg, png, etc.).
>
> Since screenshots are usually only a few colors (no photos in the
> shots), there must be some fileformat that keeps the filesize very small.
>
> Also, what pixel size should I resize the file too (my monitor is at
> 1280x1024 - a bit high for most shots)? Currently, I usually resize to
> 640x480.
>
> I would really appreciate any (detailed) suggestions. :)
>
> BTW, this is only *semi* off topic, because I often need to post
> screenshots to bugzilla. ;)
I use PNG. My preferred tool - on win32 - is HyperSnap DX, which has
both a lot of features and yet high performance. I mostly use either the
option "Full Screen", "Window, Button or Control" or "Region", so I can
crop away a lot of stuff which doesn't matter for the screenie - such as
the start button, which everybody knows what it looks like (ugly ;-) )
anyways. I save them in PNG, usually 24-bit, but sometimes also just
8-bit if it's too large of a screenshot and if there's not much
additional information given by a higher color depth (for example, for
black and white text display).
Mozilla has excellent PNG support (in contrast to IE 6 ;-) ), so that's
not the problem.
JPEG is pointless for most screenshots, unless you're doing screenshots
from a photoshop image.
GIF is less useful than PNG in case that PNG is supported by your
audience - in other cases, GIF might be sufficient (if not, you'll have
to use JPEG or something entirely different, such as those ugly huge
native bitmap formats).
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Regards,
S�ren Kuklau ('Chucker')
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