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Actually, if you look at the toolbar across the top of the pdf, you'll see a little camera icon called snapshot.

Click on snapshot, then select the area of the pdf you want.

This copies it to the clipboard, from where it can be pasted into Paint.  Adjust size in Image/attributes, then save as a jpg.

(waits for experts to say there's a much easier way)

by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:20:35 PM EST
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No, that's the best. :)
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:24:38 PM EST
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Well, apart from JaP conversion, obviously  ;)
by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:30:29 PM EST
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What's the use (for posting here) of a png file compared to a jpg, anyway? But there's no talking to MacSnobs. ;)
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 07:45:44 AM EST
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PNG is a replacement for GIF, not for JPEG.

PNG and GIF use lossless compression, JPEG uses lossy compression.

JPEG is inappropriate for pixel-based images, bitmaps, screen captures, etc. If you use JPEG on images with sharp edges the lossy compression introduces aliasing. It is appropriate for photographs.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 07:49:30 AM EST
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I did say for posting here - jpegs will have smaller filesize than pngs, in general. If I do a screen capture or pdf image copy, I make a jpeg of it for that reason.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:04:20 AM EST
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Well, for a non-photo, PNG should be smaller than JPEG, I think. That was certainly true of GIF. Suppose it might not be true now with all the shaded user interfaces and things.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:16:34 AM EST
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JPEG destroys computer fonts (and the points and lines in charts) through aliasing, so if the screen capture involves text or narrow lines, it's better to use PNG.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:29:36 AM EST
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While I bow to your superior knowledge <bangs head on keyboard>, I just saved a screen capture in png and also in jpeg (at top file quality, 100 on the cursor), and I can't see any difference between the two on a 1680x1050 screen. However, the png file is 46Kb, the jpeg 28Kb.

But I have an awful image on the front page at the moment, I should do something about that... :\

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:57:59 AM EST
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OK, I now flee the field in disarray, since the png file I just made to improve (slightly) the timeline image in the COE story, is only 5Kb.

Run, run, run!!!

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 09:59:20 AM EST
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Brave Sir Robin...!

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 10:03:00 AM EST
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Oh well, if paint does the job, that's cool. I hope photobucket take jpgs

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:39:34 PM EST
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They do  :)
by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:45:26 PM EST
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