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Subject:Re: Screen Captures in HTML From:Amy Gleason <amy -at- DEMOSHIELD -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:34:03 -0500
Shannon Kelly wrote:
> I am using Paint Shop Pro on a Windows PC to capture bit-mapped screen
> images for use in HTML files. However, when I resize the images and save them
> as GIF files, the quality deterioates, i.e., they becomes unreadable.
If the problem is difficulty in reading the text used in your dialogs and
billboards, I would
urge you to try Smooth Scaling (from Wex Tech). We use it to scale down
256-color
(bitmap) screen captures for the web page. (Do any color conversion stuff
after you smooth
scale.) The thing works.
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