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[Andrew Montag <ajmontag@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:44 AM, herat gandhi <heratgandhi@xxxxxxxxx> 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
<ajp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 17 May 2012 08:37, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> 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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