Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-03 Thread Øyvind Kolås
On 11/3/06, David Gowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you look at the image at a zoom level of 100%? Yes, you are correct - when I zoom to 100%, the fonts are smooth - now I how it should be rendered when you zoom in or out. Gimp renders the document at a given scale, and does not re-render it

[Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, I realise that gimp converts pdf and ps files into bitmaps when it opens the files but how can I improve the resolution of the resulting images? - even setting the input res to 600 when opening still leaves the image bitty. Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Craig Marshall
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 04:19:15AM +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote: I realise that gimp converts pdf and ps files into bitmaps when it opens the files but how can I improve the resolution of the resulting images? - even setting the input res to 600 when opening still leaves the image bitty. You

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Philip Rhoades
Craig, On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 18:17 +, Craig Marshall wrote: On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 04:19:15AM +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote: I realise that gimp converts pdf and ps files into bitmaps when it opens the files but how can I improve the resolution of the resulting images? - even setting

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Craig Marshall
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 05:50:37AM +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote: Hi Philip, Thanks for the note. The anti-aliasing seemed to help a bit but 1200 res did not seem to make much difference (except for slowing down gimp dramatically) . . would it have something to do with not converting the

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Philip Rhoades
Craig, On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 18:56 +, Craig Marshall wrote: On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 05:50:37AM +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote: Hi Philip, Thanks for the note. The anti-aliasing seemed to help a bit but 1200 res did not seem to make much difference (except for slowing down gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Michael Schumacher
Philip Rhoades wrote: The anti-aliasing seemed to help a bit but 1200 res did not seem to make much difference (except for slowing down gimp dramatically) . . would it have something to do with not converting the Frutiger fonts cleanly? Do you look at the image at a zoom level of 100%?

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Philip Rhoades
Michael, On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 20:18 +0100, Michael Schumacher wrote: Philip Rhoades wrote: The anti-aliasing seemed to help a bit but 1200 res did not seem to make much difference (except for slowing down gimp dramatically) . . would it have something to do with not converting the

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Philip, On 11/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 4 Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:11:52 +1100 From: Philip Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files I tried using pstoedit to create other vector editing formats but they DO have problems

Re: [Gimp-user] Opening PDF and PS files

2006-11-02 Thread David Gowers
On 11/3/06, Philip Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you look at the image at a zoom level of 100%?Yes, you are correct - when I zoom to 100%, the fonts are smooth - now Iam confused - why do the fonts look smooth in xpdf and bitty in gimpwhen the characters are about the same size on the