.eps is your friend

Suzanne — Mon, 07 Aug 2000 22:11:34 +0000

If you can save it as .eps do so. Then use a Vector Program (such as Corel DRAW, Adobe Illustrator) to open the file. You can resize it without any loss in quality, and export from those programs to .gif format for the web.

Rather than cutting and pasting, .eps allows you to maintain the vector format. That way you can resize it to any size (practically) without any loss in quality other than that inherent in the display (so there will appear to be a loss of quality on the monitor, but it will still print clearly at smaller pixel sizes).

http://www.gettingstarted.net will help with the difference between true vector programs and raster programs like PhotoShop and PSP (which has vector options, but isn't a vector program). Vector programs have bitmap/raster options as well, but focus on Vectors.

Suzanne

AndyB — Thu, 03 Aug 2000 23:50:36 +0000

and if that doesn't work, export from CAD as a .wmf file and then open the .wmf file in an image format converter (IrfanView is the best and it's free and it does all kinds of stuff), and save as your choice of image type.

edited now I have found the IrfanView d/l site http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/

[Edited by AndyB on 08-03-2000 at 07:52 PM]

Brian Farkas — Thu, 03 Aug 2000 21:48:52 +0000

It seems like copy and paste should work fine... But you might try using another format such as .bmp and then once in PSP converting it to .gif. See if you get any improvment in quality. If not, copy and paste will work fine.

Good luck!

Brian Farkas

Zinzan — Thu, 03 Aug 2000 20:45:31 +0000

TheGraphicsExperience> Thanks for that. I'll try it and post back.

The graphic I've posted up was drawn in Autocad and then transferred to Paint Shop Pro using copy and paste. Would it be better to export out to another format rather than doing this?

The export extensions I have at my disposal are:

.dwg (save as...)
.dxf (save as...)
.dwt (save as...) -- but is for templates in ACad
.wmf
.sat
.stl
.eps
.dxx
.bmp &
.3ds

What I want to do ideally is draw the stuff in Autocad and then make it into a web friendly format

Thanks,

Scott

jackchen — Thu, 03 Aug 2000 13:47:44 +0000

The picture looks like it's done in MS Paint...

But anyway, you can try http://www.gifoptimizer.com

TheGraphicsExperience — Wed, 02 Aug 2000 22:57:58 +0000

Alright, here's what you do to fix that problem:

BEFORE resizing, you need to bump up the resolution [doesn't matter, just make it a high number. :-)] and then after you resize it you need to put the resolution back on what it was.

Or, if it gives bad results like that, don't replace the resolution.

Thanks ... but

Zinzan — Wed, 02 Aug 2000 19:20:34 +0000

Thanks a lot for the replies. I was rather hoping there would be some kind of "redefine" command that "after" resizing would give some clarity to the individual lines (basically like a scaling command)

Thanks though

Zin

mjames — Sun, 30 Jul 2000 01:36:15 +0000

Sorry guys, but the best image compression site is Adobe's at http://webservices.adobe.com/optimize/main.html. It's great.

xrs — Mon, 24 Jul 2000 04:40:24 +0000

If you're talking about image compression, I recommend [url]http://www.spinwave.com/'s[/url] free GIF and JPEG Crunchers. They seem to offer the most alternatives and best compression methods to preserve the image quality.

Hey Zinzan old buddy

Nutrocker — Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:18:07 +0000

PSP

Image > Resize

Go on give it a try.