I need unpixellated text labelling.

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Peter Jason
May 8, 2004
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I type text on the picture using the text tool and then "flattening" the image to produce a permanent result. The problem is that if I make the text small enough to produce an unobtrusive label the text is "pixellated" and so hard to read. I have used the anti-aliasing but this is not good enough.

All I want is to put an unobtrusive label – in small type – at the bottom of the picture without the pixellating.

Is it possible to design a label in some other format such as Word2000 and just ‘glue’ this to the bottom of the picture?

Please help.
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Don
May 8, 2004
It sounds like the background layer (the original image) is at too low resolution. Try increasing the dpi of the background, while keeping its size the same by checking the "Resample image" box.

Don

"Peter Jason" wrote in message
I type text on the picture using the text tool and then "flattening" the image to produce a permanent result. The problem is that if I make the
text
small enough to produce an unobtrusive label the text is "pixellated" and
so
hard to read. I have used the anti-aliasing but this is not good enough.

All I want is to put an unobtrusive label – in small type – at the bottom
of
the picture without the pixellating.

Is it possible to design a label in some other format such as Word2000 and just ‘glue’ this to the bottom of the picture?

Please help.

L
Litron
May 9, 2004
What image resolution are you creating and saving the file at?

When you flatten type layers to a lower resolution image (such as 72 dots per inch… or dpi) the letters will be more pixelated than one’s flattened to a 300dpi image – especially if the type you’re flattening contains many characters.

Let’s say you’re creating a label that is 2 inches by 1 inch (an arbitrary size for ease of explanation…)
At 72dpi your label would be (2* 72… or) 144 pixels by (1* 72…) 72 pixels…. 144 by 72 pixels.
At 300dpi your label would be (2*300… or) 600 pixels by (1*300…) 300 pixels…. 600 by 300 pixels.

The more pixels you have to rasterize the type in… the smoother the result will be. Antialiasing should work better at higher resolutions for the same reason…. Since the image you’re creating is to be used for a label, depending on the length of the text, you may not need to create it at 300dpi – 200dpi may be sufficient. Play around a bit – although higher resolution images are best for cleaner text… they also create larger file sizes – so, something to consider if you have limited drive space and you have a lot of labels to make.

Not sure if I explained it well, but hopefully this helps!

Litron
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"Peter Jason" wrote in message
I type text on the picture using the text tool and then "flattening" the image to produce a permanent result. The problem is that if I make the
text
small enough to produce an unobtrusive label the text is "pixellated" and
so
hard to read. I have used the anti-aliasing but this is not good enough.

All I want is to put an unobtrusive label – in small type – at the bottom
of
the picture without the pixellating.

Is it possible to design a label in some other format such as Word2000 and just ‘glue’ this to the bottom of the picture?

Please help.

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