[AccessD] More Word/graphics OT

Hi Jürgen and William

Same experience here. You have to start with vector graphics which in real life means redoing the artwork if it is in raster. I believe Photoshop and other hi-level applications can vectorize a raster image but in many cases - indeed if text and fonts are included - it is faster just to redo it.

We use Micrografx Designer which still proves powerful; it is, however, not available anymore. Paint Shop Pro is fine as well. Also, for another low-cost alternative, Canvas is fine (from the ACDsee people).

WMF files can hold both vector and raster images. 

/gustav

>>> wdhindman at bellsouth.net 22-12-2005 01:51 >>>
...PSP X is well capable of doing everything you need Jurgen ...Corel just 
bought out Jasc and have not managed to screw it up as yet ...I use it all 
the time for just such tasks ...but not even Adobe Photo Shop or Illustrator 
will do what you want when you start with a raster version of the logo 
...wmf is not a pure vector format and converted rasters rarely transform 
successfully into vectorized wmfs in my experience ...I'd redo the logo from 
scratch in PSP as a vector image using PSP's native format rather than wmf 
...then export it as a wmf ...actually the emf format is a much better 
platform imnsho for native vector images and I much prefer it over wmf.

...I had to do this for a client a few months ago and had both PSP and Adobe 
CS2 available...we had a 3rd party graphics shop redo the logo in PSP's 
native format (.pspimage) and I retained that as the master ...PSP readily 
exported it as a vector emf and it resizes in Access and Word just as it 
should without any of the distortions native to resized raster images.

...hth

William