AW: Moire

["Reng, Winfried" <winfried -dot- reng -at- msi-muenchen -dot- de>]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your suggestion. Yours was the very first one that
actually gets rid of the moire effect in scrollbars and doesn´t
attempt to fix it by restricting you to a certain number of
colors or certain dpi values. Perfect.

What others had suggested before and what didn´t work: TrueColor,
256 colors, changing the scrollbars in the screenshot file in
Photoshop (OK, that works - but I´m not keen on fixing each and
every screenshot), using certain dpi values etc.

Does anyone know where these screen settings are stored so that
I could give a copy to my colleagues?

Thanks,

Winfried

> The moire patterns are caused because the Windows standard screen
> setting uses 3D objects for the scroll bars instead of a solid color. 
> To solve the scrollbar moire problem, change your Windows 
> color scheme. 
> (It doesn't matter what screen capture/graphics program you use.) 
> Here are the steps:
> 
> Step 1  Exit the application for which you want to create screen
>         captures.
> 
> Step 2  Choose Display icon from the Control Panel.
> 
> Step 3  Choose the Appearance tab.
> 
> Step 4  Select High Contrast White from the Scheme drop-down list box.
> 
> Step 5  Select 3D Objects from the Item drop-down list box.
> 
> Step 6  Select the lighter shade of gray from the color drop-down
>         palette to the right of the Item list box.
> 
> Step 7  Change the other screen objects as appropriate to 
> make them look
>         like the Windows standard settings.
> 
> Step 8  Choose the Save As button to display the Save Scheme 
> dialog box.
> 
> Step 9  Type a name for the new color scheme, then choose OK to return
>         to the Display Properties dialog box.
> 
> Step 10 Choose OK.
> 
> Step 11 Restart the application for which you want to take screen
>         captures and verify that the new color scheme is in effect. 
>         You may need to reboot in order for the color scheme to fully 
>         take effect.