hal07 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hi, we use Paint.Net to some extent, and I try install Paint.Net to all my users. I like it a lot. Just one thing, could you see if you can work on the smoothing/resizing on bitmaps? E.g. if I take a screenshot of a normal Windows program, and then I try resize it, then it often becomes far too smoothed. I've tried experimenting with the different resamplings but I cannot find a resampling that compares to the quality of "an expensive competitor product" So, I wonder if it's possible to look into this? Maybe add a separate resampling that works best for bitmaps like screenshots of windows and menus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hey hal07, can you post an example? (I assume you are referring to Photoshop ) Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal07 Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 Sure. Attached is the examples. I'm not sure if this is the best example, but it indicates the problem. All paint.net resizes are from 419 to 390 horizontal (keeping aspect ratio), using various filters. I think there's no question that the pshop image is by far sharper than the paint.net resizes. There might be other examples I could give you if this ain't enough. Notice that all resizes from paint.net gives shadows/smoothing on some of the letters in fonts, whilst photoshop resize seem to detect this and gives a sharper result. examples.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Photoshop doesn't "detect" anything, it merely incorporates the sharpen filter as part of its resizing. So in Paint.NET, just run Effects -> Photo -> Sharpen after dong a resize. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal07 Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 uh no! sharpen adds strange artifacts. e.g. it adds light around letters. The result looks awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 There are a plugin that dose "sharpen" too. viewtopic.php?p=206793#p206793 Quote My DA: http://leif-j.deviantart.com/ -------------- Some people seek justice so persistent, that they will do great injustice themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Speaking as a Photoshop user, it has one of the dumbest resize functions I've ever witnessed. It's hard to find and way too feature heavy in the standard dialog box. That said, Rick is right. It just sharpens after it resizes. If you don't like Paint.NET's default sharpen effect, there are several others available for download as plugins. Just go to searchpaint.net and look for the Unsharp Mask and Sharpen+. Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Or maybe it sharpens before it resizes. I don't know. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal07 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 Or maybe I'll use another program for resizing screenshots for windows. Thanks anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Umm, ok? There's only so much I can do man, I offered up my explanation for why Photoshop has "sharper" results, and how you might get similar results in Paint.NET. I'm not sure what more you can really expect on such short notice. Photoshop has 3 different bicubic implementations. It also requires you to be psychic and choose which one is the best. Ed Harvey knows the difference between them better than I do, and was asking about trying them out in Paint.NET. But the code wasn't working right and I haven't had a chance to look at it again. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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