On 7/05/2005 1:12 AM, "Martin Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 Thanks Martin! Appreciate that little widget. Will download it now and add it to the list of useful things! :o) Thanks again! Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh**
