Hello all,
I am currently using:
Photoshop CS2.
What I am trying to do is print screen a google/msn/yahoo map on my monitor screen resolution: 1680x1050 saving as png or jpg with snipping tool built into windows vista.
all the previously mentioned works fine however when I open the image with cs2 and resize to a 5.5(long) x 3.9(wide) picture the map looks ok - however the text (i.e. street names) are so fuzzy they are unreadable.
Is what I a trying to do not possible?
Is photoshop the program I need to be using?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
#1
Where is the text fuzzy? On screen or once printed.
You are not resampling are you?
#2
nomad, thank you for the quick response.
the text is fuzzy on the screen and once printed.
What I do to re-size the image is
Image -> Resize -> Document size: Width 5.5 Height 3.9 (inches).
Resolution(200 px/inch)
Constrain proportions (not checked)
Resample Image (checked - Bicubic Sharper)
thanks.
#3
Any resizing/resampling of a screen grab will result in poor resolution.
#4
In other words, don't resample, or if you have to for screen captures only use nearest neighbour and only resample at an even multiple of t he existing resolution.
#5
OK, thanks to everyone for the help.
I happen to find that out of google,msn,yahoo and esri; mapquest happen to have a map with bolder and slightly larger text. This cured it and the text looks fine.
btw... it seems like in my case bicubic sharper produced a nice image.
once again, thank you to everyone.
Tony
#6
Tont,
Screenshots generally resize better using Nearest Neighbour interpolation.
#7
Just as an aside - Think carefully before using these maps on a website. They are covered by copyright and you generally have to pay to use them in this way.
Creating a link, however, is generally free of charge.
#8
chrisJbirchall,
At the moment I am using the maps to print and give to people.
however when I do use maps for webdevelopment I (as you point out) 1) link or 2) created the code and use any licensing / keys that are necessary by the provider.
My main focus is the backend of a website however I do at times have to come up and do a few things with UI.
Regards.
#9