lklauder Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 When an image is shrunk (e.g., 20%) lines that were black and sharp wind up with grey borders. Has there been any work on an option to get PDN to guess a suitable reduced line width that can keep horizontal and vertical straight lines all black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Try switching the quality from smooth to pixilated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lklauder Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Assuming the reference is to Effects // Distort // Pixilate, I tried that, but it made things worse rather than better. My current work-around is to use Adjustments // Brightness / Contrast to change the border compromise pixels from grey to black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 depending on the image and the line. sometimes I use BoltBait transparency plugin and up the opacity after I shrink it downsize. this could possibly also work in your situation also. its worth a try. ciao OMA Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boude Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 You're problem is caused by the way your image is resized, PDN takes averages of surrounding pixels and uses them to construct your down sized images, so when you have black and white the average is grey. You could try changing the resample option. Quote History repeats itself, because nobody was paying attention the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkut Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) The "Smooth/Pixelate" CommanderSozo refers to is a "Quality" toolbar option available when using the Move Selected Pixels tool to resize a selection. Edited April 7, 2010 by Sarkut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 If this tip isn't included here yet viewtopic.php?f=12&t=20971&hilit=tips+and+tricks it should be. its a good one. ciao OMA Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lklauder Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Suggestion by Boude to "try changing the resample option" of the Image // Resize dialog seems to provide the effect I was hoping for. I found that the bilinear and nearest-neighbor options both kept the horizontal and vertical straight lines pure black and of correct width and left the curved outlines that had intentionally fuzzy edges slightly less fuzzy but not by enough to disturb the desired effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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