[ale] GIMP text question

[Dow Hurst]

Correction:  You have to have the image printed at the same size the aliasing 
was done at.  Or, better said, the original image is the only size that the 
image will have untampered with aliasing of the edges of objects.  Creating 
the canvas large enough for a certain dotpitch on a certain print height by 
width is the perfect way to get good output.  Importing images that were 
aliased and then resizing is a great way to destroy the quality of your work.
Dow


Dow Hurst wrote:
> That is the right way to do it.  You have to have the image large enough 
> to print aliased.  Your screen is at 75dpi while the printer prints at 
> 600dpi. So your image that is small enough to fit in your screen will be 
> tiny on the page.  The software can "blowup" the image to fit the page 
> size creating fuzzy edges, or you can make the image large enough that 
> it fits on the page at 600dpi.  So a 75dpi rendition of your image will 
> be the size of your wall!  An uncompressed TIFF image that is at 600dpi 
> for a printsize of 7.5"x3.0" is 100Mb.  Manipulating the image at the 
> monitor's 75dpi resolution is a pain. But, the final print is gorgeous(I 
> use PNG when possible).  I've had to get involved with preparing images 
> for print in journals for the research papers we've submitted.  Each 
> journal requires a particular process and format for what is submitted, 
> so I've had to find out some of this stuff.  I'd like to know a better 
> way than what I am doing currently.  What I need is a combination of 
> VMD, Sodipodi, and OOo Draw, and Gimp.  Sometime I'll post some specific 
> questions about this.
> Dow
> 
> 
> Chris Fowler wrote:
> 
>> I set up the print size in gimp so that the program will know what size
>> is going to be printed.  I then use the text tool.  I get crisp text.
>>
>> On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 16:27, John Mills wrote:
>>
>>> ALErs -
>>>
>>> I use GIMP to set up web-page graphics and for some image manipulation,
>>> but I have never figured out how to get clean, sharp text when I print a
>>> GIMP image out. The text always has a lot of 'bleeding' into the
>>> surrounding image area. Basically I just used the GIMP text tool and 
>>> type
>>> in my text, and get fuzzy-edged characters when I print the image. (If
>>> necessary I can post a couple of samples on my web space.) The effect is
>>> probably present with screen images, but I have never been able to 
>>> see it.
>>>
>>> I've been told that the text must be rendered into the image at
>>> essentially the resolution with which it will be printed, and the 
>>> problem
>>> won't appear. I have not managed to do this.
>>>
>>> I don't have the problem with [say] Corel Photo-Paint in MsWin. (I 
>>> haven't
>>> actually tried this on GIMP in MsWin to check if this is a Linux 
>>> problem.)
>>>
>>> Has anyone fought this through? It would be nice to eliminate one 
>>> more thing I have to boot MsWin to do. (There wouldn't be many left!)
>>>
>>> TIA.
>>>
>>> - John Mills
>>>   1884 Ridgewood Dr, NE
>>>   Atlanta, GA 30307-1166
>>>   404.377.2577
>>>   john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu
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