Dan, There is a useful Tiger widget called "Capture" that allows you to change the format of screengrabs between jpeg, tiff, jpz, pict, bmp, qtif and psd as well as controlling a few other options:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/dashboard/capture.html Should give you more of the flexibility you desire. -Mart > From: Daniel Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 23:36:50 +0800 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Tiger screenshot annoyance,..or is it just me? > > Hi All > > I just took an Apple-Shift-4 screen shot of something, and instead of > getting the nice normal pdf file I'm so used to getting on my desktop I now > get a png file. So I open it up in preview and save it as a pdf, and notice > I get a quality loss. > OK, so I've had a long day, so this could be me,...but has anyone else > noticed this and find it a bit of an annoyance? > I'm used to just taking a quick screen shot, getting it as a pdf then firing > it off to clients and suppliers etc. Does this mean that if I now send these > file to a PC person I might run into some issues? > > A quick google search tells me it should be alright,.. > <http://www.filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=png> > And even worse,..a further search gives me an answer to my own question... > :o) > ---quote--- > PNG is better for screenshots, because it's lossless; this makes sure that > every pixel in the graphic is exactly what it was onscreen, rather than the > approximations JPEG does (besides which, I've noticed that many JPEG > compressor implementations seem to have this undying hatred for shades of > red). Gamma correction is nice when people view PNGs with tools that support > them, because it further ensures accuracy. > > However, you pay for this accuracy in terms of file size. In earlier OSX > versions, when you could directly save screenshots as PNG, OSX was actually > quite good at making sure you got the smallest files you possibly could. Now > that's not possible, though there are command-line tools like pngcrush that > you can use to crunch them down better. > ---end quote--- > > ,..but I just thought I would get a few opinions. :o) > Which leads me to my next question,.....why did Apple change this??? :o) > > Hope everyone's weekend is going well! > > Enjoy! > > Kind Regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro > >
