Sharpening export PNG images
Hi,
I have a set of drawings in xara. All vector graphics, very happy with them and XARA. I export the images as PNG and they lose clarity.
Are there any tricks to ensure the images exported look sharp?
The end application is 800 x 600 and the icons are around 36x36 px. We tried a large image export but the PC software did a really bad job of down scaling.
There must be some way to make it match the Xara view when scaled the same.
Thanks
Tim
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Any chance you could share some vectors you're having issues with in turning to png Tim?
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Hi, Thanks
Here is an xar file that has 2 original icons and the PNG saved an imported back in icons
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export the image at a higher resolution than 96 dpi - if I export it at 600 dpi it imports back into xara pretty close to the original
edit... still a bit blurry though .... hummm
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getting closer at 1200 dpi...
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But exporting at 1200 makes the image 388 x 403 as I said in my original post "We tried a large image export but the PC software did a really bad job of down scaling."
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I don't know what the problem was but as you can see it looks OK to me with XDP16
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TimBox
But exporting at 1200 makes the image 388 x 403 as I said in my original post "We tried a large image export but the PC software did a really bad job of down scaling."
Take your vector and enlarge it to the size of the page or bigger.
Create a bitmap copy of that then resize the bmc to the required size.
Export that as PNG.
On re-import, this, the ultra-hires bmc and the vector all Preview to similar resolutions.
Instead of PNG, use SVG.
Acorn
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At the size of your icons, and at 1:1 (96dpi) there are not a lot of dots/pixels to work with. So Xara anti-aliases the image which when viewed at 96dpi on your computer screen or a monitor will look reasonably sharp. But if you enlarge the image zoom in then the image will never be sharp.
Is this image is being used for a website? Because if so, then Steve, I don't think that exporting at any size is going to make a difference except if the dpi is less than 96dpi. If the image is being used for print, then that is a different story.
I wonder if this should have been posted in Web Design Chat?
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Originally Posted by
TimBox
But exporting at 1200 makes the image 388 x 403 as I said in my original post "We tried a large image export but the PC software did a really bad job of down scaling."
then the issue is with that software, not xara