[AccessD] More Word/graphics OT

...I loved Micrografx Designer ...wish it was still available :)

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [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


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