Re: Star Charts Printing

Joe Lippencott Feb 4, 2004

I tried the export to BMP and I get a really terrible image. It
looks like very jagged isophotes (where there are none in the
original image) crossing diagonally across the image.
The PrtSc seems to work OK but it takes some manipulation in
Photoshop (I don't use Paint Shop Pro).
This is what I did after getting your advice:
I set the Guide View Background to Red Stars (to get rid of the
color differences), do a PrtSc, Ctrl-V into Photoshop (default
resolution), convert to grayscale and then invert the image
(negative).
This works great. I may be able to write a script to automate it,
but I haven't tried scripts yet.
Another member suggested using a freeware called Printkey.
http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm
It looks like it has a lot of options for capturing screenshots, but
I haven't had a chance to try it yet.

Thanks
Joe

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Tonkin <mb@a...> wrote:
> Joe Lippencott <lippen@r...> wrote:
> >Is there any workaround other than setting my normal viewing
colors
> >dark enough to print every time I want to create a chart?
>
> I either get Guide to export the BMP file, or do a PrtSc then Ctrl-
V,
> into Paint Shop Pro, then turn it into a monochrome image.
>
> --
> Stephen Tonkin