On 01/21/2016 11:57 PM, boydy33 wrote: > Hi there, > Hope you can help me with this as I’ve tried everything! > All I am trying to do is scale a large .EPS logo which is 1.2Mb and default > imports into Gimp 2.8.14 at 100dpi?, Width 826 and Height 1170 with no > Anti-Aliasing, down to a logo of around 28mm high without losing too much > image > quality. What I get using the standard scale command in Gimp is a colour > degradation and very fuzzy logo outlines. > > I’ve been ‘trying’ to use Liquid Rescale, the gimp plugin, but it comes back > with two error boxes…
[ ... ] > Any suggestions? I don’t have to use the LR plugin but from what I’ve read it > seems the only way to do this well with Gimp. Hey, Liquid Rescale is a tool for 'stretching' images to a new aspect ratio (i.e. making them wider but not taller), without affecting selected elements of the image or creating visible seams. It can also be used to remove parts of an image without visible distortion. I don't think it's the best option for radical re-scaling with minimum distortion. I would try the Script Fu 'Step Resize' tool for that. But the GIMP is probably not the right tool for the job at hand. The EPS file format is normally a vector file, that is, more like a CAD drawing than a digital photograph. From Wikipdeia: "An EPS file is a stream of generic PostScript printing commands." EPS files also (usually) have thumbnail images embedded in them; again per Wikipedia: "EPS files also frequently include a preview picture of the content, for on-screen display." A logo that is a 1.2 MB EPS file probably has a /big/ preview image; vector graphic files are normally a tiny fraction of the size of an equivalent bitmap image file. But I don't think that's relevant to solving your problem. The first thing I would try is opening the EPS file in a vector graphics editor like Inkscape. This /should/ enable you to export bitmap copies of the logo at any scale, with the best resolution possible for the size in question. This flexibility is why logos are normally created as vector files; the same vector graphic source file can be used to make matchbook covers and billboards. https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/ http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/inkscape/ss/Export.htm Hopefully this will get the job done. :o) > Any help much appreciated. > > By the way, I’d prefer someone in my own time zone in Eastern Australia (GMT + > 10 hours) if possible. > > Cheers > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list