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[Andrew Montag <ajmontag@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <ajmontag@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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