Usage of high resolution images in PDF
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:57 pm
Hello,
in the past, we created screenshots with SnagIt on Windows in 96 DPI and inserted them into our topics. Now we would like to create screenshots on Mac with retina display. This gives us a much more detailed screenshot in 144 DPI. When we convert those high resolution images to 96 DPI, it gets blurry and grainy because of the compression. So I would rather keep using the high resolution screenshots and have them processed to the right size in the transformation.
What would be the best practice to use high resolution images in the PDF and Webhelp output. It would be great if screenshots never exceed a certain width in PDF. In WebHelp, the images already adopt to the column width. So I guess this is only a question for PDF.
Thanks,
Benjamin
in the past, we created screenshots with SnagIt on Windows in 96 DPI and inserted them into our topics. Now we would like to create screenshots on Mac with retina display. This gives us a much more detailed screenshot in 144 DPI. When we convert those high resolution images to 96 DPI, it gets blurry and grainy because of the compression. So I would rather keep using the high resolution screenshots and have them processed to the right size in the transformation.
What would be the best practice to use high resolution images in the PDF and Webhelp output. It would be great if screenshots never exceed a certain width in PDF. In WebHelp, the images already adopt to the column width. So I guess this is only a question for PDF.
Thanks,
Benjamin