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    Default 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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    Default Re: Sharpening export PNG images

    Any chance you could share some vectors you're having issues with in turning to png Tim?
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    Default Re: Sharpening export PNG images

    Hi, Thanks

    Here is an xar file that has 2 original icons and the PNG saved an imported back in icons


    Sample 2 icons.xar

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    Default Re: Sharpening export PNG images

    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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    Default Re: Sharpening export PNG images

    I don't know what the problem was but as you can see it looks OK to me with XDP16

    Sample icons.xar

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    Default Re: Sharpening export PNG images

    Quote Originally Posted by TimBox View Post
    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.

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    Default Re: Sharpening export PNG images

    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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    Default Re: Sharpening export PNG images

    Quote Originally Posted by TimBox View Post
    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
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