The GiMP is always handy for image manipulation. Generally I draw my images in a really old version of Corel Draw, then use GiMP for transparance, shadows and so on.
Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington John Bird wrote: > Resizing images for Images, bitButtons and icons - I guess we all do this. > > I have used IrfanView and Photofiltre for resizing images, and > noticed they tend to alter the edge pixels around an image - I guess > it averages the pixel colours on a sharp edge if resizing > smaller. This is a problem with images with a background surround - > these pixels are not the transparent background colour any more and > create a ragged edge noticeable when the image is on a darker background. > > How do others resize images properly? > > > > (Example is the Analogue clock with the image background some are > using- over a dark background you may see there are a fewer light > pixels around the edge that shouldn't be there) > > > John > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
