[Q:] S simple q wrt scaling

2000-10-06 Thread Ulrich G. Wortmann
Hi there, the following appears to me to be a rather silly question. However I'm new to the gimp, and new to the list, but I've looked through the archive, and I've RTFM without success. I'm trying to rescale an image (say from 1000 pixel to 100 pixel to use a logo on the web). That works ok.

Low Quality Gifs

2000-10-06 Thread Philip Fletcher
Hi I have been trying to create gifs with transparent backgrounds for use on my website. No real problems (RTFM'd) with that, but the quality is appalling in both colour and resolution. As an example http://www.stutchbury.com/images/projects.gif versus a similar image in PNG format at

RE: Low Quality Gifs

2000-10-06 Thread COUTIER Eric
The palette you've used to make your gif image is not good. To correct this, open your png file, choose "Image/Mode/Indexed" and then choose generate optimal palette. Then save it under gif format. I've a question too: ie4 seem not support png format. In fact, when i've clicked on you png link

Re: [Q:] S simple q wrt scaling

2000-10-06 Thread James Smaby
Make sure your image is in RGB format before scaling it. If you are doing the scaling with an indexed image, antialiasing can't happen. You can also scecify cubic interpolation in your gimp preferences.

RE: Low Quality Gifs

2000-10-06 Thread James Smaby
Are you converting to indexed before or after merging all layers? The less colors you give it the better job it can do, so flatten out the colors from non-visable layers.

Re: Low Quality Gifs

2000-10-06 Thread Alan Buxey
hi, As an example http://www.stutchbury.com/images/projects.gif versus a similar image in PNG format at http://www.stutchbury.com/images/projects_d.png . It is on the conversion to 'indexed' that the degradation occurs. Any ideas? sure that your PNG image is also being shrunk down to

RE: Low Quality Gifs

2000-10-06 Thread Alan Buxey
hi, I've a question too: ie4 seem not support png format. In fact, when i've clicked on you png link below, ie4 has asked to me if i want to "save or open the file", and hasn't displayed it. Why ? because, as you said, IE4 doesnt support PNG. there are updates around, but its better to move

RE: Little off-topic: PNG in browsers - Was: Low Quality Gifs

2000-10-06 Thread COUTIER Eric
actually, it's about the same thing in IE4. If png image is embedded in a html page, it's displayed. But, if you request png file only, it display dialog "save or open". I don't think that IE support multitransparency in png files. -Message d'origine- De: Martin Edlman [mailto:[EMAIL

Links for PNG support in Browser

2000-10-06 Thread COUTIER Eric
After the discussion about PNG/GIF, i've found this information about PNG support in browser on libpng.org: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngapbr.html (current status of PNG support level in browser) http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngs-img.html (samples to test your browser capabilities in

Newbie question: Banners

2000-10-06 Thread Mark Drummond
Here's what I think should be a quicky ... (I have no graphic design experience, and have used the GIMP mostly just for format covnersions). I want to make a banner, say 640 pixels wide by 64 pixels high. I have a 64x64 pixel image that I want copied into that banner 10 times. Is there a simple

Re: [Q:] S simple q wrt scaling

2000-10-06 Thread David Hodson
"Ulrich G. Wortmann" wrote: I'm trying to rescale an image (say from 1000 pixel to 100 pixel to use a logo on the web). That works ok. However the sclaing process does only simple resampling of the imga, which results in a rather jagged look on the scaled image. There muts be away to get a

Re: Low Quality Gifs

2000-10-06 Thread Carol Spears
Do all of the work on your image in the RGB format that the Gimp will start you out with. If you are in a situation where you must save your image often, saving in the Gimps native format "xcf" saves the most information and is the least hassle. The very last step before the "Save" should be