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-rende

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 scr

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 h

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 t

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%? Mi

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 d

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 18:17 +, 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

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".