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Looking for a certain feature in an image editor
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<blockquote data-quote="dtownley1" data-source="post: 285549" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>GIMP is a free download. You'll need to install X11 from your mac software CD to get it to work though. Not too much hassle. GIMP has most of the features of photoshop. </p><p></p><p>As for scanning, the software to scan that would depend on your scanner. Epson and Agfa are some of the best scanners out there. My Agfa is around 6 years old, and still gives perfect scans. Scanners should come with their own software. </p><p></p><p>Quick tip: for scanning images to print - scan <em>at the size you want them</em> at <em>300ppi (dpi)</em>. This will ensure the images are the correct res. Don't enlarge images because they will pixelate, and this looks dodgy when printed. Also, if your scanner has descreening, make sure you enable it. This will help lessen the rosette pattern created with most printed material. (Look at the printed logo with a magnifying glass, and you'll see the ink dots form a pattern - descreening helps eliminate this and smooth it over)</p><p></p><p>If you're not sure about how to use the image editing software, ask when you get to that stage. There is always more than one way to do something like that, so see when you get there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtownley1, post: 285549, member: 20564"] GIMP is a free download. You'll need to install X11 from your mac software CD to get it to work though. Not too much hassle. GIMP has most of the features of photoshop. As for scanning, the software to scan that would depend on your scanner. Epson and Agfa are some of the best scanners out there. My Agfa is around 6 years old, and still gives perfect scans. Scanners should come with their own software. Quick tip: for scanning images to print - scan [i]at the size you want them[/i] at [i]300ppi (dpi)[/i]. This will ensure the images are the correct res. Don't enlarge images because they will pixelate, and this looks dodgy when printed. Also, if your scanner has descreening, make sure you enable it. This will help lessen the rosette pattern created with most printed material. (Look at the printed logo with a magnifying glass, and you'll see the ink dots form a pattern - descreening helps eliminate this and smooth it over) If you're not sure about how to use the image editing software, ask when you get to that stage. There is always more than one way to do something like that, so see when you get there. [/QUOTE]
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