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September 9, 2014
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Image Quality after Resizing

  • September 9, 2014
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Is there a way to resize images without losing quality. I currently use SnagIt to capture the images and resize. I then insert the jpg into Robohelp 10 and produce printed documentation in Word.

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Correct answer Peter Grainge

Try using PNG format instead of JPG. SnagIt is as good as it gets with resizing. It also depends on what you are resizing and how that was produced, where you have no control. There's also a point beyond which any resizing is going to lose clarity.

Other tricks are not scale so much but use Snagits Cut Out options to lose part of what you are capturing. Some screens for example can have lots of white space that can be cut out rather then resizing the image.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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Peter Grainge
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September 9, 2014

Try using PNG format instead of JPG. SnagIt is as good as it gets with resizing. It also depends on what you are resizing and how that was produced, where you have no control. There's also a point beyond which any resizing is going to lose clarity.

Other tricks are not scale so much but use Snagits Cut Out options to lose part of what you are capturing. Some screens for example can have lots of white space that can be cut out rather then resizing the image.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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September 9, 2014

I am using Snagits capture to take screen shots of our software. I resize most images to 80% which is about the right size to view in a word doc. Wont .png result in a much bigger help file size when producing in other formats?

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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September 9, 2014

Works OK for me. Try changing a few and check.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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