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Subject:Re: How Much Editing of Graphics Do You Do? From:Kerstin -dot- Molthagen -at- etas -dot- de To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 7 Mar 2002 16:56:29 +0100
Hi Bruce!
If you do any statistics, you can count the following of Jan's answers
twice - they are mine, too. I use PaintShop Pro for screenshots and Visio
for line drawings. In a few cases, I have used Adobe Illustrator.
Ciao,
Kerstin
Jan Henning wrote:
>[...]
>- Change inappopriate contents [...]
>
>- Edit out artifacts left by add-on software the reader might not have,
> so as not to confuse them.
>
>- Edit out indications of the beta character of the software we often
> have to use for screenshots.
>
>- Crop the image to just show the desired elements [...]
>[...]
>- If line drawings are required, I create or edit them within my limited
> abilities.
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