white shading

[jen0dorf]

Hi

I created three bars as in the attached file.

When I export it as a gif I gain a white line on the left.

I imported the gif and placed it on the black background so it can be seen.

Please tell what have I missed?

thanks

Ian

[Wolfgang]

Hi,

the thing occurs, because the width of your bars as well as the position contains fractions of pixels.

Xara tries its best to represent the "half pixel" and introduces a lighter (or darker) line.

The best (and to my knowledge only) way to overcome this, is to always make sure that:

1) The main object has dimensions of "full" pixels. In your case 26x18 px and not (for example) 26.5x18 px

2) The object is positioned at a "full pixel" location. In your sample file at 454 / 315 px and not 454.5 / 315.4 or anything like that.

I try to attach your file with these minimal changes that should export fine..

Wolfgang

[jen0dorf]

thanks a lot another lesson learnt

Ian