We may also consider using an arrow to point to things. Perhaps this is something that could be built into Quickshot; have quickshot save one image plain, and then prompt the user for any highlights that can also be saved.
-Andrew On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:31 PM, John Cave <john.ca...@yahoo.co.nz> wrote: > If we are to do this, a circle would suffice. Dimming the background would > confuse readers and make them think they're being patronised. I'm all for > the idea, because especially in whole-window screenshots it can be just as > hard to find what you are looking for as on your own screen. A circle > points users to exactly the right place. May I suggest ubuntu orange for > the circle? > > Just my opinion, > John C > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Andrew Montag <ajmon...@gmail.com> > *To:* ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > *Sent:* Thursday, 17 May 2012 5:21 AM > *Subject:* [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting > > I think it may be useful to highlight portions of screenshots. We could > put an orange oval around text or a button, or maybe blur or grey all but > one section of the screenshot to draw the readers attention to it. The only > problem would be doing it so that it looks good and is consistent. > > Thoughts? > > -Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >
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