Screen Shots

Screen shots for the documentation should be done in a specific way.

basics

• Use "Clearlooks" with "Tango" icons for the screenshots (Windows/Mac users use "blue-ish" styles, please)
• Png format only
• High quality at Canvas: Low Resolution checkbox is off, quality is set to 1
• Let's do smart screenshots! A group panel screenshot with no groups in it is meaningless!

partial vs. full window

• Do not use windows decoration / GUI items if they are not needed.
• Usage of post production tools (blur the non subject areas of the screenshot, text annotations etc.) are welcome.

appearence in text

• Images should be shown in full size when possible. Only if the image takes too much space it might be thumbnailed.
• Position: Right align for images if they are near the text - that way they do not interrupt text flow. Center images for "standalone" ones.

naming

• Uploaded images should have a proper name.
• Images have to be categorized to be found easily.

samples / sifz source

• When creating sample files showing the effects of the layer's parameter modifications a sifz file must be provided to be sure that the same figure can be rendered again if the window decoration or gui layout is significatively different. Use a meaning name like the screen shot image files (see above).

more...

We are currently discussing this at the Forum [1].