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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher
>
> Quick question, do any of you have software recommendations for screen
> captures (sorry for the low level question, but I am very new
> to this game)?
>
> Previously, for online help (html) I used Paint Shop Pro
> (5.03) which I
> quite liked. Very shortly we will be beginning our User's
> Guide (printed,
> but will probably be distributed in .pdf as well), and I wondered if I
> should 'upgrade' at all.
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Hi Christopher,
Paint Shop Pro 6 cannot use bitmap fonts. This includes the fonts that
Windows uses in dialog boxes and other on-screen objects. For this reason, I
haven't upgraded from version 5.
FWIW, I get excellent results from PSP5 and see no reason to change. I'm
using Frame 5.5.6 and GIF files from PSP5 work very well, for all targets
including PDF. Screen shots rarely contain more than sixteen colours so I
reduce colour-depth to 4-bit for most screen shots (8-bit for those that
contain more than 16 colours).
HTH,
Geoff Lane
Cornwall, UK
geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk
