Hello, I think you want something like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8hwe2c3m1hpy3qk/ubuntu-manual.pdf
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Tony Pursell <a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>wrote: > > > On 17 May 2012 08:37, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > >> On 05/16/2012 07:21 PM, Andrew Montag wrote: >> >>> 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. >>> >> >> One could perhaps differentiate between >> - marking an area >> - by framing >> - by modifying everything outside the area >> - lower contrast >> - change of brightness >> - discoloration >> - blur >> - pointing to an element >> >> > Perhaps some sort of numbering to indicate a sequence of operations... > > >> To highlight things like the folder/side-bar of Thunderbird, marking the >> entire area would be appropriate. >> >> To highlight a specific icon in the Launcher, an arrow could work well. >> >> In all cases, repeating just the area of interest in a cropped image, >> maybe scaled down if it is large, placed right next to the associated text, >> would be an alternative. >> >> >> For all styles that add sharp elements on top of the screenshot, using >> SVG should be considered. Ideally the vector graphics would stay vector >> graphics in the PDF. >> >> >> The design of 1 or 2 highlighting methods should be based on concrete >> needs. Do we have examples where a form of highlighting would be of >> advantage? >> >> >> >> > Tony > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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