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Post by gray929 on Feb 1, 2008 3:21:43 GMT
Does anyone know of a way to make the anti-aliasing, well, better? Right now all it has is sharp and smooth. I have XI. And, sharp sux. Text I find, is one of the few things that sux about PSP. Is there like a hidden setting I can click to make the text more crisp like PS? Thanks for any tips.  |
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Post by Vintage on Feb 1, 2008 3:38:35 GMT
I've also noticed that Gray though personally with all my text things I've ended up picking a certain font that works the best so it doesn’t look like crap.
I open the font, and bring up the image I want it on, input it -> cut -> paste new layer -> Gaussian blur ->0.5-1.0 -> 80% opacity -> paste new layer center over that -> 95% opacity. That normally leaves the font smooth and yet readable, you can play around with the blue so it isn’t noticeable and simply smooths the lines of the text. With paint shop, some fonts are worse then others unfortunately…
If that doesn’t work let me know and I’ll give you some other tips but that is the most common fix I use to make it less … well less pixely on the sides.
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+ Someone may know of a hidden setting but I've been using paint shop awhile, and well I don't know where that is located ...
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Post by Kay on Feb 1, 2008 9:43:57 GMT
Have you tried turning anti-alias off? I find that when I do that it makes the text a whole lot sharper and distinct. I have XI as well, so it should be the same.
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Post by Vintage on Feb 1, 2008 14:50:20 GMT
I always found that made it worse for me ...
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Post by gray929 on Feb 1, 2008 20:31:10 GMT
I always found that made it worse for me ... Yea same. I like what you said Vintage, I will try that. I just don't know why PSP can't make the text perfect like PS. The text is never sharp. |
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Post by Kay on Feb 1, 2008 23:52:37 GMT
Hmm. I don't know. It makes it better for me. *shrugs* Let us know how it turns out.
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Post by .t.w.i.l.i.g.h.t. on Feb 4, 2008 8:42:30 GMT
PSP is for nubs, use some real software... called ADOBE!
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Post by gray929 on Feb 4, 2008 14:14:42 GMT
PSP is for nubs, use some real software... called ADOBE! Adobe is another word for "money I don't have." But I am going to get it next month I think. I found a used PS CS3 on Amazon thats pretty cheap. |
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Post by Stinky666 on Feb 4, 2008 18:22:45 GMT
PSP is for nubs, use some real software... called ADOBE! Firstly, if it is for nubs, why the hell come into a PSP board? Secondly, you obviously have no clue what PSP can or can't do... It isn't for nubs. So... Yeah. |
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Post by Vintage on Feb 5, 2008 2:09:24 GMT
I can do everything you can do in Adobe  ... PSP is hardly some basic program, it is nearly the same identical program yet easier to learn. People still buy programs ? |
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Post by gray929 on Feb 5, 2008 2:21:55 GMT
People still buy programs ? We are now allowed to discuss software piracy?  But yeah. I can do pretty much everything Adobe can do with PSP. Its just the text I don't like. Though, PS does has some helpful features PSP has other sick nasty stuff to counter that. For its price, it's definitely a bargain. |
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Post by Vintage on Feb 5, 2008 3:56:09 GMT
of course were not allowed to discuss that because we are all good little children of God and we follow all the rules set out for us... correct
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Post by Kay on Feb 5, 2008 4:32:19 GMT
of course were not allowed to discuss that because we are all good little children of God and we follow all the rules set out for us... correct If you say so. |
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Post by Vintage on Feb 5, 2008 7:28:01 GMT
of course were not allowed to discuss that because we are all good little children of God and we follow all the rules set out for us... correct If you say so. Some of us have to buy our way into Heaven by faking it and like a girl not really into you, boy am I faking it. |
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Post by James on Feb 5, 2008 14:21:39 GMT
I can do everything you can do in Adobe ... PSP is hardly some basic program, it is nearly the same identical program yet easier to learn. People still buy programs ? I learned on Photoshop 7, so I actually found PSP 7 (at the time) harder to use.
Hands down, there's nothing in Photoshop you can't do with PSP, it just may take a bit more work. I'm curious to know how the font "trick" works... |
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Post by Vintage on Feb 5, 2008 15:58:54 GMT
my text trick or ?
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Post by James on Feb 5, 2008 18:08:16 GMT
Yes, yours. 'tis always handy to know small little things like that. |
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Post by gray929 on Feb 6, 2008 0:16:20 GMT
Vintage I actually tried yours and it came out much smoother still not perfect but its better.
Another thing I did was if you take off the stroke on texts with sizes less than 15 or so, depending on the font, its much more crisp.
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Post by Vintage on Feb 6, 2008 1:10:53 GMT
Well gray you really have to play around with it, really depends on the type of font used. I tend to play with the blur layer more then the non-blured layer.
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Post by Vintage on Feb 6, 2008 3:29:10 GMT
Vintage I actually tried yours and it came out much smoother still not perfect but its better. Another thing I did was if you take off the stroke on texts with sizes less than 15 or so, depending on the font, its much more crisp. You should never have the stroke on, unless you want to go for that look. Always have it defaulted as zero, god, that made my cringe to think you had it on. |
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