Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com (09/06/89)
You want high quality (smooth output) from Deluxe Paint III? You
should be using a vector drawing program! But I have a couple of suggestions
You preferred to be emailed directly, but I suspect many, many people have
the same problem, so I thought I would post this publicly.
This is a work-around. It's not perfect, but ... it will help improve
image quality a little or a lot.
a) Create your image as large as you can in high res. in Deluxe Paint
III with 1 bit plane (monochrome).
b) Print the image as LARGE as your printer will allow (laser output
is preferable as some have a smoothing option which helps somewhat)
do the printout on good quality smooth, white stock. Nekoosa is
an excellent paper for this. Ye old printer paper isn't good enough.
c) Take the printout to your nearest printer and have them create a
PMT (a photomechanical transfer). Have them shoot the PMT at 35% -
64%, the larger the original and the greater the reduction (up to a
point), the blacker and smoother the PMT will appear. The PMT
will cost you between $4 and $10.
d) Now, if it still isn't smooth enough, enlarge it on a good copier
to a really big size, use traditional pen and ink to smooth the
contours and shoot another PMT reduction. If you've never used
these kinds of tools before, a good graphic artist can help.
Good luck! You'd be surprised how much a PMT reduction can improve a
raster bitmap image (as you can see, I've been experimenting with ways to
improve 'em). By the way, PMT's are black and white. If you're planning to
print the logo in color, include registration marks on the printout; it will
help later on. The Amiga market is really suffering from a lack of choice
in vector drawing tools and conversion tools. (Hope you're listening out
there in developer land.)
Hope this helps! \_
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