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> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:11:44 +0100
> From: forums gimpusers com > To: gimp-user-list gnome org > CC: team gimpusers com > Subject: [Gimp-user] aliasing in vector images > > Thanks for the reply Steve! > > I think maybe my problem wasn't communicated from my end correctly. > > I have an SVG file generated with a native resolution of 2048x2048 in Vector > Magic. In Inkscape, I can resize the image to be 1024x1024, zoom in, and it > "redraws" the image with no aliasing (as a vector should). You mean that in GIMP's vector import dialog you specify a scaling ratio (X Ratio / Y Ratio) of 0.50 ? Then of course you are going to get some aliasing (just the same as if you scaled a raster image by 50%), but the overall result should closely resemble what the original SVG document looked like . . . at a 50% zoom level. Remember that in a vector document "pixels" do not correspond to "on-screen" pixels but are a physical unit of measure. > The biggest red flag that led me to believe something wasn't working correctly > was when opening a vector in GIMP at a size of about 80x50 and all it produced > was an unrecognizable blob of pixels. I feel as though I've been able to do > this in the past and it would produce a smooth image without aliasing. If you are taking the 2048x2048 image and scaling it to 80x50 then that is a ratio of less than 10 percent and of course the result is probably going to look like a blurred/aliased mess of pixels. Now if the original SVG document itself had a document size of 80x50 (which is separate from the size of vector elements in it) then GIMP should be able to import it fine. -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |