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Settings
Q.
Should I set my monitor to anything
special?
A.
We've designed the
course to work on almost anything.
However, it will work
better if you make two quick checks.
(1)
Are you using
enough colors?
The course works fine in
just 256 colors, but if you're using a PC in VGA
mode, which only uses 16 colors, a few things will
look less than optimal.
Here's how to tell what
you've got. Look at the picture of your
instructor:
(a) Does he look
clear and sharp?
If so, you have a lot of
colors set (16 million on the PC), and all will be
fine.
(b) Does he look
either very grainy, or blotchy - like he's wearing
makeup?
If so, you've got 256
colors set on a PC.
(Whether it looks "grainy"
or "blotchy" is a function of whether you've got
your browser set to "dither" or "substitute colors"
for images.)
It doesn't matter. The
course will look fine because it doesn't use any
more photos.
(c) Does the
picture look really psychedelic, barely
recognizable as a human life form?
If so, your PC is probably
set to VGA mode (16 colors). If you can set the
display to 256 colors or have someone do it for
you, some of the colors in the diagrams will look
better. If not, forge on; things will be only a
little strange.
(2)
Is the width set okay?
PCs should be fine. We use
a maximum width of 610 pixels, which all PCs should
handle.
Some Macs have the width
set to 500 pixels as a default. If you haven't
changed that, now might be a good time.
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