It would be good to use arrows to point out buttons in a menu. I meant an
orangey-red colour, not ubuntu orange per se, but rather just an orange-red. I
agree, using the pure ubuntu orange would be suicidal.
John C
>________________________________
> From: Andrew Montag <ajmon...@gmail.com>
>To: ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net
>Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2012 10:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Screenshot highlighting
>
>
>Hannie and Kevin,
>
>
>Here are some examples of where highlighting may be useful.
>
>
>http://ubuntuone.com/1mVxryxD97EPVryco0o9p4
>Here I would need to point out several things: the Files button,
>the More button, and the, Download file button.
>
>
>http://ubuntuone.com/1fD5OExwPwLUDAp6i7ddpJ
>This one could use the Share folder button highlighted.
>
>
>Now that I get to looking around at all the screenshots I have taken, these
>are about the only two that could use it, and that's because they are shots of
>the busy web UI. Most shots of the desktop are pretty self-explanatory. Maybe
>poll the authors and see how many shots would benefit from highlights. For my
>section its about 2/10, so hardly worth doing.
>
>
>-Andrew
>
>
>On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Andrew Montag <ajmon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:44 AM, herat gandhi <heratgan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hello,
>>>I think you want something like this:
>>>https://www.dropbox.com/s/8hwe2c3m1hpy3qk/ubuntu-manual.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>Yes, that is what I had in mind.
>>
>>
>>Their's sometimes uses both boxes and arrows, which is a bit cluttered.
>>(page 20)
>>The numbering could be useful, but again, may just be more of a clutter.
>>(page 30)
>>Sometimes they use multiple colors and word-labels. (page 33)
>>
>>
>>I would recommend NOT using Ubuntu Orange for the highlights, since most
>>screenshots will already contain lots of this color. Red, yellow, or blue may
>>be good choices.
>>
>> -Andrew
>>
>>
>>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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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