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[Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Op 17-05-12 06:34, Andrew Montag schreef:
> 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
Yes, this is what I had in mind too (see my previous email). This may be 
a good example, although there are too many arrows in my opinion:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1955365&page=8
I added an item to our agenda: need for one or more screenshots editors. 
He/she/they can see to it that screenshots are consistent, good looking 
and meeting all requirements.
Hannie
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:31 PM, John Cave <john.cave5@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:john.cave5@xxxxxxxxxxx>> 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
>
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>         *From:* Andrew Montag <ajmontag@xxxxxxxxx
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>         *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
>
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