runningmom Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I had never touched any sort of photo editing software until about 8 months ago when I decided to give my non-profit group's newsletter some pizazz and I have fallen in LOVE with Paint.NET! Now I'm a manager on the graphics team for our national site! I've added a few fonts, and just today braved adding some plug-ins. My issue is this: Our official fonts are Baby Boston and Arial. I love Baby Boston, but am having some issues with sharpness. Especially white text on dark background, but really it's sharpness overall. It can appear pixilated, and non of my teammates (who all use photoshop elements) seem to have this problem. Can someone please help me figure this out? The stuff we do is very simple, so this is really bugging me. Here's an example: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Are you using Windows XP? On Windows 7, the text will look better. I don't have the Baby Boston font though so I can't try it out. 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...
Manc Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I had never touched any sort of photo editing software until about 8 months ago when I decided to give my non-profit group's newsletter some pizazz and I have fallen in LOVE with Paint.NET! Now I'm a manager on the graphics team for our national site! I've added a few fonts, and just today braved adding some plug-ins. My issue is this: Our official fonts are Baby Boston and Arial. I love Baby Boston, but am having some issues with sharpness. Especially white text on dark background, but really it's sharpness overall. It can appear pixilated, and non of my teammates (who all use photoshop elements) seem to have this problem. Can someone please help me figure this out? The stuff we do is very simple, so this is really bugging me. Here's an example: I know it sounds obvious,but have you tried,Effects+Photo+Sharpen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventor1 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Using XP I experience similar problems, and when the eye gets really fussy I will apply a light gaussian blur (2 or 3) followed by AA's assistant with the sharpness set to 3. Cheers, V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Here is another tip for you: Place the text on its own layer. Duplicate the text layer. (That should help the look of the text.) If that helped, but it doesn't help enough, duplicate that layer again. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningmom Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the tips! Yes, I've tried Effects+Photo+Sharpen and the change is minimal. And yes, I do use XP. I'd LOVE to have Windows 7, but it's just not in the budget (using free software on a hand-me-down laptop). I'll give the glaussian blur and duplicate layers a try. Edited April 11, 2011 by runningmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningmom Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Well, I figured it out. It's my crappy computer. I used my husband's computer (he's a gamer) to recreate it and it looked MUCH better. bloody potato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Win his computer by telling him he needs something more powerful. Tell him you think Crysis2 lags on his system. Works with a gamer every time Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningmom Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Win his computer by telling him he needs something more powerful. Tell him you think Crysis2 lags on his system. Works with a gamer every time BWAHAHAHA!!! Thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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