Hi Chad, On Nov 28, 2007 10:04 AM, ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm down scaling some tif images. These images are created with a graphics > software for making diagrams and the like. Geometric shapes and text > mostly. When I open the tif in Gimp they are perfectly crisp. When I scale > the image down in size, it becomes slightly blurry, even when opting for the > "best" cubic algorithm. > > Is this to be expected? Yes, Gimp deals with pixels, not vectors. when you scale down, you reduce the number of pixels that are used to represent the image.
If your graphics are vector based and you want to keep them that way, use a vector drawing program like Inkscape to manipulate them, not a raster manipulation program like GIMP. > What's the best practice for preparing graphics so > that they are crisp? I thought i should make them large and that way they > would have extra resolution. But apparently scaling down is a lossy > practice? Extra precision just means a more accurate averaging. Say you are scaling the image down to 50% of original size.. that means that each resultant pixel is calculated from the average of a 2x2 square of pixels. say that 2 of these input pixels are black, and two are white, since it is an average, each of the following produce the same result: BW BW WB BW WB WB WW BB So, it is indeed lossy. If you want a raster image to be maximally crisp, your best bet is to draw it at the final size. If you want a vector image to be crisp, your work is probably unrelated to the GIMP. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
