Re: [Gimp-user] Intelligent scaling

2003-06-06 Thread Matthias Brunner
On Thursday 05 June 2003 18:48, pcg( Marc)@goof(A.).(Lehmann )com wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:58:12PM +0200, Matthias Brunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The problem is that the standard scale algorithm renders the > > document unreadable (some text characters can still be > > recogn

Re: [Gimp-user] Intelligent scaling

2003-06-05 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Matthias Brunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > we have a lot of document scans, all sized 2432x3482 pixels, and > would like to reduce them to screen size (for example to 682x1000). > The problem is that the standard scale algorithm renders the document > unreadable (some text characters ca

Re: [Gimp-user] Intelligent scaling

2003-06-05 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Not that I know. But maybe, and here I do ask on to the other people on the list, a hack like this could work: Pick the scalling tool on gimp, and modify the code in a way that antialiasing works to darken a pixel (thus spreading a black letter over to white areas), but preventing it from lighten

Re: [Gimp-user] Intelligent scaling

2003-06-05 Thread pcg
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:58:12PM +0200, Matthias Brunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we have a lot of document scans, all sized 2432x3482 pixels, and and which colour depth? > The problem is that the standard scale algorithm renders the document > unreadable (some text characters can still b