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Storyline low screenshot quality
Hello,
The rule of thumb with zooming in on images is to capture them at a higher resolution and then they will stand up to zooming in on them. An image that is at a lower resolution will quickly deteriorate in quality once it starts being blown up past its original size. (Vector graphics being the exception, which a screen capture would not be vector.)
You may try looking at the settings of your screen capture software and set the resolution and screen size (raster) higher. For example, if your Storyline project is 1280 x 720 pixels and you need to zoom in on a website screenshot and display it on part of your Storyline slide, try to capture the website image at a higher size (such as 1920 x 1080 or higher) and see if you can set the resolution to a higher rate (such as 300 pixels).
Again, capturing higher than you need will allow you to blow up an image and retain quality. Capturing at the same size or lower and then blowing up an image will decrease quality.
The problem with screenshots is they only really work at the resolution they are taken. This is because you are taking pictures of pixels, and when they move onto a different resolution screen there is either not enough pixels to display them or too many.
There as some things you can do:
Use pngs these are much better for screenshots that jpgs
Display at the resolution taken so do not enlarge or dercrease the size
For a background of a slide, you know what the resolution is so capture it at that size
all images are png (I never use jpg) and my screenshots were not resized before bringing into SL. Snagit=300dpi, 100%, monitor display maxed @1920x1080. The snagit capture was not resized; SL has made it fit in my 1280x720 slide in the example I linked, and therefore, you can see it's harder to read inside the course than what I captured. I've tried every suggestion for days and can't seem to improve the readability of the text in the screenshot of the GUI for my boss' liking.
Hello CAP_Oldcastle,
I see you've opened a case and that you're working with my colleague Luiza. Great to know that she's taking a closer look at your Storyline project file. You're in excellent hands! We'll continue the conversation over in your case, so everything is in one spot!
