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dwolf wrote:

I had some dialog a couple of days ago about converting a grayscale to bitmap, and I thought that when I just chose bitmap it looked fuzzy.
I just went up to mode and chose bitmap option. Same output resolution, Method 50% Threshold

Any thoughts or advice on approach to doing this…. below is a link to a lower resolution of the graphic

http://www.jlfurniture.com/logo/logo.html

It looks pretty darn good to me. What’s the specific problem you want to solve?
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

You are getting "fuzzy" when going to 1 bit B&W because all the shades of gray are removed, leaving just black and white. The gray shades "fill in" the sharp edges of the pixels. If your resolution is such that you can see a single pixel you will see the "fuzzy" or jagged edges. This is unavoidable with B&W as opposed to grayscale for any lines not precisely horizontal or vertical. The final result will depend on how it is rendered in the output process.

The jaggies can be reduced perceptually by increasing the resolution.
i.e. making the image much larger (in pixel dimensions) and increasing
dpi. Do a test print rather than relying on viewing zoomed out on the monitor.

You might be better advised by the press people. Ask what maximum resolution they accept and the consequence of the jagged edges.

Hope that helps.

dwolf wrote:

I had some dialog a couple of days ago about converting a grayscale to bitmap, and I thought that when I just chose bitmap it looked fuzzy.
I just went up to mode and chose bitmap option. Same output resolution, Method 50% Threshold

Any thoughts or advice on approach to doing this…. below is a link to a lower resolution of the graphic

http://www.jlfurniture.com/logo/logo.html

Thanks
"mmm" wrote in message

You are getting "fuzzy" when going to 1 bit B&W because all the shades of gray are removed, leaving just black and white. The gray shades "fill in" the sharp edges of the pixels. If your resolution is such that you can see a single pixel you will see the "fuzzy" or jagged edges. This is unavoidable with B&W as opposed to grayscale for any lines not precisely horizontal or vertical. The final result will depend on how it is rendered in the output process.

The jaggies can be reduced perceptually by increasing the resolution. i.e. making the image much larger (in pixel dimensions) and increasing dpi. Do a test print rather than relying on viewing zoomed out on the monitor.
You might be better advised by the press people. Ask what maximum resolution they accept and the consequence of the jagged edges.
Hope that helps.

dwolf wrote:

I had some dialog a couple of days ago about converting a grayscale to bitmap, and I thought that when I just chose bitmap it looked fuzzy.
I just went up to mode and chose bitmap option. Same output resolution, Method 50% Threshold

Any thoughts or advice on approach to doing this…. below is a link to a lower resolution of the graphic

http://www.jlfurniture.com/logo/logo.html