[clue-tech] gimp question

[Angelo Bertolli]

Jeff Cann wrote:

>I'm stumped.  I want to take portions of screen shots and make 'readable' 
>thumbnails of about 200 x 150 pixels.   I've been shrinking the images to the 
>thumbnail size [using gimp2 cubic], but distorion sets in and makes the 
>images blurry.
>
>I'm looking for advice from veteran graphics folks on how best to make my 
>images more readable.   I put the image in question at 
>http://isuma.org/uscore.png
>
>I appreciate suggestions.
>  
>
Have you tried just using Image -> Scale Image ?  I used to use that for 
screen shots, and I thought it was pretty good.  Otherwise, you might 
try to increase the contrast before shrinking the image.  Or maybe sharpen.