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Storyline low screenshot quality
Hello, I'm having some difficulty uploading screenshots of a website as a background for a slide. I have downloaded various screenshot apps and zoomed in but nothing seems to improve the quality. Is there any advice out there on improving this? Is there a specific aspect ratio that screenshots should follow?
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.
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Try taking your screenshots at a higher resolution, for example, zoom your browser to 100% and capture using a tool that supports 2x or 4K scaling. Also, make sure your Storyline slide size matches your screenshot’s aspect ratio (e.g., 16:9). That usually prevents blurriness when setting images as backgrounds.
You might try Snagit from Techsmith. I have that through work and it looks like you can alter the screen size (raster) and also alter the resolution (dots per inch, or dpi).
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.
My display resolution is at the highest, 2560 x 1440. I can't seem to configure the capture settings for screenshots on Windows nor Screenspresso. Do you have any recommendations for screen capture softwares that allow you to increase the quality?
