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| lilshawn:
--- Quote from: ragnar on September 09, 2010, 10:34:25 am --- --- Quote from: jennifer on September 08, 2010, 11:32:59 pm --- Don"t forget though.... when creating art in a program [on a computer] 300dpi will appear huge, because most monitors only display around 96dpi..... It prints just fine however, --- End quote --- I've been experimenting with Paint.Net. A free program that only does bitmaps (no vector graphics), but for what I want to do, that is more than sufficient. It is fast with larger image files (20 GigaPixel) and supports layering. It has basically been written as an upgrade to the Microsoft supplied paint program. I'll be using it to create my marquee and CP artwork. --- End quote --- be sure to give us an update on that program and let us know how it works out. |
| ragnar:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on September 09, 2010, 04:34:53 pm --- --- Quote from: ragnar on September 09, 2010, 10:34:25 am --- --- Quote from: jennifer on September 08, 2010, 11:32:59 pm --- Don"t forget though.... when creating art in a program [on a computer] 300dpi will appear huge, because most monitors only display around 96dpi..... It prints just fine however, --- End quote --- I've been experimenting with Paint.Net. A free program that only does bitmaps (no vector graphics), but for what I want to do, that is more than sufficient. It is fast with larger image files (20 GigaPixel) and supports layering. It has basically been written as an upgrade to the Microsoft supplied paint program. I'll be using it to create my marquee and CP artwork. --- End quote --- be sure to give us an update on that program and let us know how it works out. --- End quote --- I used it two nights ago for about an hour. It was very intuitive and simple to use. The cons are, that it is a bitmap based program. So once you write text, you can only undo. If you don't liek the text color, there is no "edit text" option like other programs would have. But so long as you use layers, that text layer can be deleted and recreated as a new layer with the new color. I'm sure it will not be as efficient but the simplicity is amazing. As I get more used to it, I'll review it in a dedicated thread. |
| EvilNuff:
I've used paint.net for a while and its fantastic for a free program IMO. If you want a freeware vector graphics program check out inkscape. |
| RayB:
Don't use PNG. Use a format that supports DPI data. Photoshop PSD for example retains the DPI setting. This way when it goes to the printer, there wont be any misunderstandings. |
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