Image question

[Dorothy1]

Looking for best practice on images. when there is part of an image you do not want people to see is it better to:
1. Blur the image
2. block out the image
3. cut out the image

[NorthEast]

I use blurring, it's visually less jarring than other methods.

[RamonS]

Use screen portraits instead, that way you can add as little detail as desired and the image still does all you need it to do in the context of documentation.
See here: http://techwritetips.wordpress.com/2006 ... portraits/

[SteveS]

It depends on what you want to obscure.

I prefer to crop the image so only meaningful content remains. Unfortunately, snagit's torn edges is better than capture's.

Capture's ability to blur the image outside of a shape is quite good, particulalry if the underlying image has restrained colours. Bright colours bleed through, however, and can be distracting.

HTH

[Andrew Heard]

Use screen portraits instead, that way you can add as little detail as desired and the image still does all you need it to do in the context of documentation.
See here: http://techwritetips.wordpress.com/2006 ... portraits/

Call me picky, but I find it hard to to take seriously a page with four errors in the first paragraph.

[NorthEast]

Use screen portraits instead, that way you can add as little detail as desired and the image still does all you need it to do in the context of documentation.
See here: http://techwritetips.wordpress.com/2006 ... portraits/

Yeah, I like these too. It's horses for courses really; a portrait is good to indicate the general layout or appearance of a screen, but it's no substitute for when you need to show detail.

[RamonS]

I agree, but unless I totally misunderstood, the issue here is to show less detail.

[RamonS]

Use screen portraits instead, that way you can add as little detail as desired and the image still does all you need it to do in the context of documentation.
See here: http://techwritetips.wordpress.com/2006 ... portraits/

Call me picky, but I find it hard to to take seriously a page with four errors in the first paragraph.

I found one, but if you are that offended by it write to Andy Robertson, I am sure he'll fix it. And I do agree with you, writing errors take away credibility.