Windows pasteboard format?
Jan 07, 2016
I'm wondering what the Windows pasteboard image format is.
I have noticed a better quality of screenshots when I grab the shot, paste into Photoshop and save as a png, then import to SL. But this takes 3 times as long to develop a course.
When I take the screenshot and paste directly into SL, I notice the image is softer, fuzzier, lower quality.
What's curios is that the screenshot would have the same compression on it as it comes into PS. I know png is lossless compression, but would it not inherit whatever the pasteboard compressed?
I come from a Mac world, so I'm not too familiar with Windows internal format for printscreen and paste.
Appreciate any explanation or advice.
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Hi Rob,
Are you pasting in a larger screen shot into a smaller sized slide perhaps? Scaling can be problematic if so. I don't know enough about Windows paste format to say one way or another if it's also compressed - but hopefully someone in the community is able to weigh in here.
If you're on a Mac, are you able to take the screenshots using the Mac functionality (Command +Shift+4) and then insert those as images? I've always found that the Mac screenshot is much better than Windows in general and when I do it they are automatically saved as PNGs.
Thanks Ashley,
No scaling happening - I've set the screen size to match the stage. I am doing all this in Windows 7. The software I'm simulating only runs on PC.
Probably related, - when I "save image as" from Storyline, I see the same degradation.
Yeah I like the Mac for a number of reasons :)
Hi Rob,
Are you running the software in a virtual machine on your Mac? If so, you can still use the Mac screenshot functionality to capture things from the Windows environment.
What Storyline version/update are you using as well?
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