I create various objects in CD X4 and have a dickens of a time exporting them as clean graphics. My printer does not use CD, and I don't use Illustrator and am looking for a format that will fall in between both.
Let me create a scenario. I made a sign in CD, with a background color, text, and a photo. I want to save it in a middle ground format like PNG, but that option is not available to me in CD. So what I have tried is to copy the image and paste it in Paint Shop Pro, my preferred image editing program (one owned by Corel, I might add) and I can save in PNG in that program...but the images are pixelilated and look horrible.
I also created my logo in CD and did the same for my website, and it doesn't look so hot.
How do I perform these tasks, hopefully using the software I already own?
Thanks.
Image below is PNG format. Is it horrible? (RGB/300 DPIs when exporting) - See next post....
<Silvio Win> wrote in message news:77567@coreldraw.com... Image below is PNG format. Is it horrible? (RGB/300 DPIs when exporting) - See next post
Image below is PNG format. Is it horrible? (RGB/300 DPIs when exporting) - See next post
Jeff Harrison: There's fuzziness in the text
Hi Jeff, maybe I´ve done some mistake. See pictures below that I did as a new test. The sizes are almost equivalent.
Silvio Win said:See pictures below that I did as a new test. The sizes are almost equivalent.
this depends on various jpeg settings.
as GIF, using settings here
33.4 KB, less than half the size of the jpeg
anyway, screenshots or areas with 256 colors or less are far better as GIF.
Tthe compression method is more optimal for GIF in these cases (or a paletted PNG). The paletted bit depth and run-length encoding methods are the reason.
Jpeg compresses in "blocks" of pixels. Which is good, but only for full color images with more than 256 hues.
ORIGINAL SIZE REDUCED TO 20%
FIRST TEST = JPG/300 DPI/OPTIM 10/SMOOTH 10 > 26 Kb
SECOND TEST = PNG/300 DPI/RGB/ > 62 Kb
THIRD TEST = GIF/300 DPI/RGB/ICC Apply/OPTIM./JARVIS > 26 Kb
Notice that ALL my tests RED color looks DARKER than your. Could you explain why?
OK, when we examine results, it's possible to make a small 26 KB jpeg but look at results for same file size:
the dreaded jpeg blotchiness comes in. You were fairly conservative with 10 for comp and smoothing, too.
Imagine what most people use! Higher compression yet in 20's and 30's, creating garbage.
FosterCoburn said:In one of your examples, you had dithering selecting for a GIF. NEVER use dithering! It makes the image look worse and increases the size.
Hi Foster, paletted dithering is great thing, but only IF the correct palette is chosen. And that's the problem with Draw: the worst palette is set as default - (Uniform I think), and has been that way for as long as I've been using Draw.
I had thought the same as you in this regard, I only realized this dithering advantage a year back.
If optimized palette is chosen, dithering does not destroy solid colors as they are in the image. As shown below.
Then I showed Hunter this. I think he was surprised also.
As a test, I cranked dithering to the max.
It never hurts exports, and always helps GIF's look as good as they can.
Silvio Win said:Notice that ALL my tests RED color looks DARKER than your. Could you explain why?
Notice how my blacks are BLACK, and red is bright red in the test?
My calibrate colors for diplay option is OFF. I found the icon in the options, and put it on menu bar as shown.
This is good for web graphics, since you can use the full range of hex colors inside draw with commercial macros like this.
For print projects? I like to have the calibrate colors for display option ON.