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  1. #11
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    Default Re: Drawings of some tools...

    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.
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  2. #12
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    Default Re: Drawings of some tools...

    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.
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  3. #13
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    Default Re: Drawings of some tools...

    A simple solution for the antialiasing problem:
    1. Export the drawing something larger than needed
    2. Open the exported bitmap with the Xara Bitmap Editor
    3. Reduce the zoom level to the right size
    4. Save the bitmap with the option "Size: Current zoom size"


    Remi

  4. #14

    Default Re: Drawings of some tools...

    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, 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
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    Default Re: Steam/Press Valet

    It probably has something to do with the blend profile. Look closely at this end:
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    Default Re: Steam/Press Valet

    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

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    Bob,
    Very nice job! Like the texture and the brass tag.
    ron

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    Default Re: Steam/Press Valet

    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

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    Default Re: Steam/Press Valet

    Quote Originally Posted by -=Drifter=- View Post
    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
    What excactly did you do? I tried it with your xara file and it worked fine...

    See attached image - no "jaggies".

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    Default Re: Steam/Press Valet

    The original image for comparison.


 

 

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