BW,
I can't honestly say that we've seen a huge difference
between 5.1 and 6.0 (compared to what you've described), but the
one thing that has ALWAYS been a problem is the manner in which
text elements render when the ppt deck is converted during the
publishing process. I still haven't pinned it down yet, but
graphics that have text in them (for example: a graphic designed in
Photoshop with text elements in it) have never really looked great
when viewed in a Breeze/Presenter course.
I've tried png's, tiff, jpgs, bmp...you name it. One
workaround that seems to fair a bit better is to make sure that
your text elements are added only in the PowerPoint
environment...so rather than adding text in Photoshop, do it in PPT
instead. I realize that's not practical if you're taking screen
shots, so here's another technique that's been reported on these
forums in the past:
No matter what kind of image(s) you use in PowerPoint, you
will always end up with some level of compression as the deck is
converted during the publishing process. No getting around that.
So...some folks have suggested that if you convert your screen
shot(s) into swf files, there's less likelihood of having the
imagery compressed further.
And there's a couple of methods you could test to determine
which works best for you:
1. Take the screen shot and port it over to Flash; from there
create a swf and then re-insert onto your slide.
2. Or take that same screen shot and port it into Illustrator
or Fireworks; both have the ability to export to swf, and from
there, re-insert the swf onto the slide
3. Another approach would be to take the screen shot(s) with
Captivate and then export to swf from there.
Really wish there was better news here, but that's the best
info I can offer at this point.
Rob
www.robrode.com/yabb/
http://robrode.blogspot.com/