Sounds like a job for an image filter.
ps2pnm music.ps
gimp -i -b '
(let* ((image (car (gimp-file-load RUN-NONINTERACTIVE
"music001.pnm" "music001.pnm")))
(drawable (car (gimp-image-get-active-layer image
(plug-in-blur RUN-NONINTERACTIVE image drawable)
(gimp-file-save RUN-
Darius Blasband wrote:
> As much as I think that old scores must be used as source of inspiration
> for balance, aesthetics,
> etc., I think that reproducing their defects for the sake of
> old-fashioned look would be odd.
> Softening corners is ok. But imperfections are not warm. They are just
>
Darius Blasband writes:
> Softening corners is ok. But imperfections are not warm. They are just
> that: imperfections.
Adding imperfections of any temperature to a printout could be an
interesting thing to try. It is probably not specific to music
prints, it could also be used for text. Maybe
Leo Trottier wrote:
Apologies if this has already been debated/discussed extensively, but ...
... in my experience with (beautiful) Barenreiter editions a quality that I feel
most striking is the 'old-fashioned' look -- there are seldom razor sharp
staff-lines (as tend to be produced by laser p
As much as I think that old scores must be used as source of inspiration
for balance, aesthetics,
etc., I think that reproducing their defects for the sake of
old-fashioned look would be odd.
Softening corners is ok. But imperfections are not warm. They are just
that: imperfections.
Darius.
Apologies if this has already been debated/discussed extensively, but ...
... in my experience with (beautiful) Barenreiter editions a quality that I feel
most striking is the 'old-fashioned' look -- there are seldom razor sharp
staff-lines (as tend to be produced by laser printers). Instead, it
