Milan Davidovic wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Combs, Richard > <richard.combs at polycom.com> wrote: > > Stuart's advice is also important. After import into FM, never change > > the size of a graphic by changing its scaling percentage. > > Are there hazards (other than the problem described at the start of > this thread) that this advice is intended to avoid?
In my experience (limited, I admit), resizing a bitmap can have a negative effect on quality ranging from slight to very great indeed. I suspect the former comes from an even numeric rescaling (e.g., 80% or 120%), while the latter is the consequence of repeated arbitrary resizings with the mouse. I don't know if resizing/rescaling causes pixels to be added/discarded, but it sure seems that way. When you specify a dpi setting, the pixels in the bitmap remain unchanged, only their spacing changes. Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------
