Alrighty then, the WATER CONTAINER APPARATUS has been plugged into the Westinghouse Steam/Press Valet and here it is...
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Alrighty then, the WATER CONTAINER APPARATUS has been plugged into the Westinghouse Steam/Press Valet and here it is...
That must be one of the best drawn useless tools I've ever seen ;)
Hahahahaha... thanks Egg. Yes, I believe I used it ONCE - and then only to see what it did. It was a gift...
About all you can "iron" with it is a tie, and a skinny one at that!!!
Posting this 'cos first I want to add my tuppence worth and say how well drawn are drifter's tools and also to 'bump' the thread to bring it to the fore.
Some great illustrations!
Bob, well drawn as usual. You could use it for steaming open letters or maybe remove some of those irremovable labels.
There is one thing about that drawing I couldn't get right... the wire/cord.
Why does the top edge look like that? It does in XaraX too.
The cord is simply a blend.
Thanks for the nice comments guys.
.....meanwhile, later....
okay, i just saved just the cord part and am uploading the .xar file in case someone wants to tell/show me why that edge is not smooth
You're welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by -=Drifter=-
I copied the image into Xara X and removed the cords and added my own.
No jaggies - dunno what I did different to you though.
Sorry, posted that last before you posted your Xar file.
I didn't use a blend ... does that make a difference do you suppose?
Great drawings Bob. This thread is a tribute to your skills as each image has been a challenge in creating the textures and perspectives.
thanks bill, any thoughts on the cord roughness???
Bob, take the blends apart and look at the edges of the shapes. They have some angles that extend beyond the long edge of the shape. That is what is causing the jagged look.
Bob,
I believe that it's just the limitation of antialiasing and nothing to do with the blend. See the attached image and notice the slight jaggies on certain lines.
I believe Dmitry has a registry tweak utility that switches on an antialiasing enhancement but slows down redraw on slower PC's.
A simple solution for the antialiasing problem:
- Export the drawing something larger than needed
- Open the exported bitmap with the Xara Bitmap Editor
- Reduce the zoom level to the right size
- Save the bitmap with the option "Size: Current zoom size"
Remi
Morning Bob
I was the first to download last night, but I could not get the blend to show. Again, after reading Bill's reply I downloaded this morning but still, no blend. I right click but do not see the blend option as per usual but am offered the shape editor tool, I ungroup and look for the blend, I ungroup a second time but no blend. One thing I noticed last night was when I zoomed in on the wire the raggedness got smaller. At 26,000 times there was hardly any, so maybe keep the drawing at 100% and zoom 26K for the wire:D, not to worry about proportions. Very stange however, since on the second ungrouping I can take it completely apart and my guess would be you have a 15 or 17 step blend, so why am I not offered the blend option with the ability to remove it? Strange, most strange! Talking about my self now, not your drawing......frank
It probably has something to do with the blend profile. Look closely at this end:
Good job on the new drawing, Drifter. You are getting better and better!
As remi explained (but in different words) - the result from vectors in general will be smoother if you give the anti-aliasing more pixels to work with. Export your file at 10 times (or what have you size - play with it) - and then re-resize it in a bitmap editor.
It might not work if you have a blend with a few steps, but that doesn't seem to be the case here (as you stated that it looks good when zoomed in).
Try it... It's going to solve the problem, I'm pretty sure. If not for anything else - great tip from remi (tend to forget it myself).
Risto
Bob,
Very nice job! Like the texture and the brass tag.
ron
thanks for the nice comments, all of you
i tried what remi said on just the small wire .xar file and for the life of me i can't seem to get it to work :mad:
What excactly did you do? I tried it with your xara file and it worked fine... :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by -=Drifter=-
See attached image - no "jaggies".
Risto
The original image for comparison.
http://www.talkgraphics.com/attachme...1&d=1156970214
wow!!!! yours came out great!!!
ok, i tried it again, paying more attention this time
Thanks, both of you!!!