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Another issue here I see some images go blurry when I use the feathering tool. I can't show you exactly how it works because I am using customer images but it seems like it happens mostly on png images. Could this be fixed? It does not happen on earlier xara 7 that I was using. Thanks!
Feathering with PNGs only works around the rectangular edges. If you have a PNG with transparent background, then use the Photo Tool > FX > Bitmap Feather. The default is 10px which is WAY too much. Usually 1-2 is more than enough.
Are you sure of that Gary? It's true for jpg's & True Colour png's but on a True Colour with Alpha png it feathers all around the edges of the image content, not just the images rectangular edges. Photo Tool > FX > Bitmap Feather has the same effect on png's with alpha.Quote:
Feathering with PNGs only works around the rectangular edges.
Ron, I downloaded a doily from the On-line Catalogue (Stock Illustrations: complex), resized on an A4 page and then created a Bitmap copy as 300 dpi PNG.Quote:
Originally Posted by rpc9943
I cloned this and feathered. I vertically flipped and then butted the two images together.
I can see no blurring other than that of the desired feathering.
I can upload the file but it is easy enough to recreate.
Acorn
Can't replicate that Acorn. Are you just feathering the clone?
Egg- the post you made is accurate and not my problem. I like how it does that actually.
It happens but I am not sure how to replicate it - I wish I could just show you guys exactly what happens but again its customer files which I can't really replicate - even a minimal feathering it blurs the entire photo. It doesn't occur on everything I've tried.
What happens if you select your customers png and Arrange / Create Bitmap Image / Full Colour with Alpha and try to feather this?
I have not tried this but I will when I run by the issue again. I'd have to look back to see what files had this issue. Thanks!
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Acorn
Cheers but I can't see any advantage in this.
OP had image, possibly PNG, problems. I made a PNG Bitmap and cloned it just to check the bitmap was an authentic rendering of the original at 300 dpi. The clone was to then compare like with feathered like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Acorn
Ah, sorry Acorn, with you now.
I don't know if this will help, but what is your default 'preview render' dpi in preferences? It could be this...but I'm just taking a wild stab at it, and I think that's what Acorn is mentioning too?
Okay I am uploading two pics that I could illustrate the issue. First is the image (sorry i had to crop it so its not recognizable) is the original then i turn the feathering on (after bitmap copy or not) and you see what I'm referring to.
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That's strange Ron, I can't replicate that. Attached image is your original and below that a 22px feathered version. I don't get any loss in the un-feathered part of the image.
I found the image on the right of the three to be more like your problem with feather. Feather works fine for me and the only way I could create your fault was in Photo-Blur -62. which looks like your feathered image in #14
Stygg
if you cropped it Ron, and then exported it, it is not the original.. so really it is not much use as a definitive test
[try reimporting it into a blank document and see if you still get the problem]
that's blur I would say, like stygg got - are you sure you did not do anything to it in xara before applying the feathering, either directly or as part of a group
Right It was a screenshot because I can't share a unique customer image. I should have said it was a screenshot image and not original.
I was using it to illustrate what severe changes are happening when applying it.
Okay Ron, is there anyway you could request your client to create an image that they could share? I have the feeling the images your client is supplying are not Xara compliant.
at the very least ask if they know which program created them - some variants of PNG can be non-standard, eg the old fireworks PNG which had layer support
No I can't do that , I will have to experiment until I can replicate it on my own end. I just wanted to make it clear this had never happened on the previous xara 7, which by the way I am still waiting for their promised update on the latest.