On 01 May 2002, Daryl Manning wrote: > This is a strange one... > > When I use dia exported png or jpg diagrams and embed them in either > OpenOffice or KWord and then save them out to a ps or pdf the diagrams > appear quite "fuzzy" and there is a reddish haze around black lettering > on the white backgrounds. > > It only happens with dia (for instance, other embedded pngs and jpgs > seem ok). I was wondering if it was one of the settings that I have or > something else I haven't thought of. > > Anyone got any ideas what this might be?
I've seen a red haze around graphics embedded in XFig and exported to PDF (though not postscript). First thing: Dia uses vector drawing. If at all possible, export in vector drawing formats (PostScript, CGM, DXF, WPG, SVG, WMF,...). The difference is *huge* (if, that is, the new KWord doesn't do like 1.1.1 which converts EPS into a bitmap!). Second thing: Definitely don't use JPG. It is lossy and works best on photo-style images. Sharp contrasts become very blurry and ugly, and Dia diagrams are nothing but sharp contrasts. Does this happen with files exported from, say, XFig? -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| Hårdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket? _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
