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Image Screenshot Guidelines

Please refer to these guidelines when capturing and marking up screenshots.

  1. Reset your browser zoom to at least 100% (120% is recommended).
  2. Only capture screenshots that relate to the text. 
  3. You may use Greencast tool (Windows only) to add additional markup to images - please refer to the Image Editor guidelines (provided by the Design team) for instructions on how to add markup elements (arrows, number guides, highlight boxes, etc..)
  4. As much as possible, maintain equal margins or paddings around the screenshot when taking a screen capture.


Image Editor Guidelines

As mentioned above, you may use Greenshot tool to capture and edit your screenshots. Please refer to the table below for required Greenshot Element styling.


Greenshot ElementStyling Requirements
Rectangle Callout Boxes
Use for highlighting an area on your screenshot
Line Thickness: 5
Disable Shadows
Hex Color: #93331F (Cadmium Red)

Arrows
Use for pointing out a specific section on your screenshot. Please only use straight arrow, do not use slanted arrows.
Line Thickness: 5
Disable Shadows
Hex Color: #93331F (Cadmium Red)
Counters

Use for showing a sequence of steps that need to be followed on your screenshot

Hex Color: #93331F (Cadmium Red)


IMPORTANT NOTE 

If using Greenshot, please make sure your Output Quality Settings is set to maximum. You can change this by going to the File > Preferences in the menu.

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