shrinking pics to fit

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April 27, 2006
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this might be a bit off-topic for this forum, in which case please give me some clues where better to ask ...

In our latest docs I'm having to shrink many screenshots. What methodology will give the best results?

I'm capturing the screenshots using Alt+PrtScn then pasting into MS Paint. I'm saving the image unchanged as a BMP, which I import into RH-HTML X5 and resize there by dragging the corners. Is there a better approach which will preserve definition more?

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Correct answer Peter Grainge

Perfectly valid question.

For RH HTML you don't really want to be thinking BMP. JPGs and GIFs are better suited.

Click here for a topic with information on resizing.

Peter Grainge

Correct answer

Community Expert

Perfectly valid question.

For RH HTML you don't really want to be thinking BMP. JPGs and GIFs are better suited.

Click here for a topic with information on resizing.

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alansinclairAuthor

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thanks!

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Dan24678

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When I'm working at Home I use FireWorks to scale images.

At work, where I'm limited to free programs, I use GIMP.

Also on the topic of free programs, the following are also really helpful:
Textpad -- Great Text Editor, way better than Notepad or Wordpad
ColorPic -- Great for finding out what color a particular logo is so you can duplicate the color code in your HTML or CSS
FireFox -- Even though I develop for IE, I use FireFox when programming JavaScript for the HTML validation and JavaScript console.

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