shrinking pics to fit

[alansinclair]

this might be a bit off-topic for this forum, in which case please give me some clues where better to ask ...

In our latest docs I'm having to shrink many screenshots. What methodology will give the best results?

I'm capturing the screenshots using Alt+PrtScn then pasting into MS Paint. I'm saving the image unchanged as a BMP, which I import into RH-HTML X5 and resize there by dragging the corners. Is there a better approach which will preserve definition more?

thanks

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

Perfectly valid question.

For RH HTML you don't really want to be thinking BMP. JPGs and GIFs are better suited.

Click here for a topic with information on resizing.

[alansinclair]

thanks!

[Dan24678]

When I'm working at Home I use FireWorks to scale images.

At work, where I'm limited to free programs, I use GIMP.

Also on the topic of free programs, the following are also really helpful:
Textpad -- Great Text Editor, way better than Notepad or Wordpad
ColorPic -- Great for finding out what color a particular logo is so you can duplicate the color code in your HTML or CSS
FireFox -- Even though I develop for IE, I use FireFox when programming JavaScript for the HTML validation and JavaScript console.

[alansinclair]

yes, seconding Textpad and Firefox! Both are great -- I've even paid for TextPad!
The Gimp is a bit beyond me, but Paint.NET is a great free graphics tool that's both easy to use and powerful (layers and all).
Thanks for the ColorPic suggestion.