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Subject:Re: Which image format-Clarification From:"T. Word Smith" <techwordsmith -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Mar 2004 20:15:14 -0800 (PST)
Press a hotkey. You're done.
The file was saved as a TIFF (or whatever you set) in
the colors you want (CMYK might not work for you
depending on your authoring tool and OS, etc., and
remember screens are RGB anyway), at the resolution
you want, in the path you want.
How? SnagIT or any other screen capture tool.
--- Dick Margulis <margulis -at- fiam -dot- net> wrote:
>
> Wade,
> Cutting through all the chaff, the only answer that
> counts is TIFF,
> either grayscale or CMYK.
>
> Capture the screen as a bitmap (BMP). Open in
> Photoshop and save as a
> PSD. Adjust size (at 300 dpi resolution) to the size
> you want on the
> printed page. Convert to grayscale or CMYK. Save as
> TIFF. You're done.
=====
T.
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