In my research paper, to bring some evidence, I need to take screenshots of my codes. To this end, I am using Screenshot tools, e.g. Free Snipping and FastStone Capture. Also, I am increasing the pictures' DPI to 300 and producing PDF and emf formats of such pictures. However, the quality of pictures is still inadequate when they are placed into Word documents.
I am wondering how to prepare high quality pictures for research papers? especially pictures produced through screenshoting.
Thank you in advance.
Dear Mohammad Sadegh Aslanpour
Here I am giving you some suggestions, you may try:
Suggestion 1:
You can enlarge the content before you take a screen shot by pressing cmd + + on Mac or ctrl + + on Windows. This is easier than seeking out a retina computer at times.
Suggestion 2:
There is a paper with some ideas: Mikheev, S.M. and Kurilin, I.V. and Vil’kin, A.M. and Rychagov, M.N. and Lee, HoKeun and Kim, SangHo and Choi, DonChul Improving the print quality of screenshots Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis October 2015, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 674-684 link.springer.com/article/10.1134/…
Suggestion 3:
A screen shot is literally that...what the user would see on screen. There is no need to make it any higher resolution or sharper than it is. It is what it is and that is what you should show the user.
In other words: It's fine. Just leave it! :)
That said, the lazy solution: If you can run the software or web site on a Retina MacBook, use that, as your screen shot will contain 4x the pixels by default.
If the issue, on the other hand, is that your images are getting fuzzy in software they are being imported into, the issue is potentially that the images are being converted to JPG and resampled. This is common when making PDFs. A workaround for that would be:
- save screen shots as PNG files by default--not JPGs
- Make sure your image import settings (or, if PDF, your image compression settings) are set to
· do not resample
· do not convert to JPG
Suggestion 4:
Maximize the size of the image you're taking a screenshot of; make it fill the screen as much as you can.
Use 'Snipimage' to exactly fit the image you want. (Start > All Programs > Accessories ... & I recommend pinning it to the taskbar where it's conveniently there when you want it)
Click File> Send to> Email recipient as attachment
Drag the attachment from the email which opens into a directory, so you've got a copy of it.
Close the email.
Now try putting this image into PowerPoint (or word, or whatever). It behaves much better than the original screenshot.
I hope this will be helpful for you.
Best Wishes
Sukhpal
Buy a Mac or MacBook with a 4K Retina screen and use 'command/shift 4' to select the exact area of screen you wish to capture
Dear Mohammad Sadegh Aslanpour
Here I am giving you some suggestions, you may try:
Suggestion 1:
You can enlarge the content before you take a screen shot by pressing cmd + + on Mac or ctrl + + on Windows. This is easier than seeking out a retina computer at times.
Suggestion 2:
There is a paper with some ideas: Mikheev, S.M. and Kurilin, I.V. and Vil’kin, A.M. and Rychagov, M.N. and Lee, HoKeun and Kim, SangHo and Choi, DonChul Improving the print quality of screenshots Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis October 2015, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 674-684 link.springer.com/article/10.1134/…
Suggestion 3:
A screen shot is literally that...what the user would see on screen. There is no need to make it any higher resolution or sharper than it is. It is what it is and that is what you should show the user.
In other words: It's fine. Just leave it! :)
That said, the lazy solution: If you can run the software or web site on a Retina MacBook, use that, as your screen shot will contain 4x the pixels by default.
If the issue, on the other hand, is that your images are getting fuzzy in software they are being imported into, the issue is potentially that the images are being converted to JPG and resampled. This is common when making PDFs. A workaround for that would be:
- save screen shots as PNG files by default--not JPGs
- Make sure your image import settings (or, if PDF, your image compression settings) are set to
· do not resample
· do not convert to JPG
Suggestion 4:
Maximize the size of the image you're taking a screenshot of; make it fill the screen as much as you can.
Use 'Snipimage' to exactly fit the image you want. (Start > All Programs > Accessories ... & I recommend pinning it to the taskbar where it's conveniently there when you want it)
Click File> Send to> Email recipient as attachment
Drag the attachment from the email which opens into a directory, so you've got a copy of it.
Close the email.
Now try putting this image into PowerPoint (or word, or whatever). It behaves much better than the original screenshot.
I hope this will be helpful for you.
Best Wishes
Sukhpal
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