Re: Dithering introduced in 8-bit screenshots (Rev 8920)

Richard D. Worth wrote:
> Stefan Küng wrote:
>> Richard D. Worth wrote:
>>> Revision 8920 introduced some rather visible dithering with the
>>> conversion to 8-bit. Mostly in dialog screenshots, in the titlebar,
>>> background, and scrollbar regions. Some examples:
>>>
>>> /doc/images/en/MergeOnePane.png
>>> /doc/images/en/MergeOpen.png
>>> /doc/images/en/Relocate.png
>>
>> Well, those are for the documentation. I don't think they need to be
>> in high-quality.
>>
>> Stefan
>>
> I don't want to make too much of this, but I disagree. I think they should
> be high quality. TortoiseSVN is very pretty, and every screenshot should
> showcase that. The ones in the documentation may not be the first
> screenshots a user sees, however they are lasting and might be seen many
> many times (printed doc, app help, online docs, etc.).
>
> Perhaps by high-quality, you meant full-color. Agreed. But they can be
> 8-bit color without dithering. I am offering to do the work. I've started
> re-doing screenshots where an update was needed, and have made sure to make
> them 8-bit so as not to double the file size. I plan on doing more. I have
> spent (and will spend) a good amount of time making pretty screenshots and
> I don't see a reason to make them look any less pretty after they've
> already been made.

That sounds reasonable to me. But don't spend too much time one it at
this stage as screenshots have a habit of going out of date as features
are added and improvements made.

Simon

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