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Post by Parduz on Oct 18, 2012 14:32:09 GMT -9
I'd like to catch a discount from my local photoprinting shop, and i thought to print all the onemonk (and related) scifi miniatures. This means i'd have to edit all the terraforce and "guncrawl" or recolored versions, aliens, skelebots etc PDFs.
To print in a 12x18 cm photo i need to import the PDFs, cut and rearrange the miniatures to fit that space, produce a 300dpi image and send it to the shop.
The problem, as already said somewhere here, is that the old Onemonk PDFs are made by "stripes". The whole image is made by a lot of bitmaps, large as per the page, and a tenth of pixel height. Working in that way is a pain: importing the PDF (i use Corel Draw) does produce misaligments. Exporting the page as image produces.... well, stripes. I can't do it. I know that i could printscreen the page but the result is still inferior to the original.
There's any chance that these PDFs are re-done from the "masters" (the original drawings) and that i can have them in a week? (the discount ends the 31 oct., but i have to produce the "photos" so i need time".
I don't even remember if i bought that set or if i've got them for free.... really, i don't remember what sets i bought and what not. So i will understand if i can't have them even if the PDF are updated.
Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2012 21:07:35 GMT -9
Is it still possible to download some sample page with this "stripes" problem?
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Post by Sirrob01 on Oct 18, 2012 21:21:40 GMT -9
this might be of some help but the new 2.8 GIMP dosent suffer from the stripping as noticeably on import of the original files at least I couldn't replicate it anymore.
Parduz could you go:
Open PDF in GIMP at 200dpi then simply export (new save as) the whole page as a PNG for editing in corel?
I tried on a few original files, kobolds, goblins, terraforce and all opened in gimp line free and saved as linefree pngs okay.
I'm pretty sure the old ganesha sampler used to suffer from the stripping but I checked that one and it worked okay.
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Post by Parduz on Oct 19, 2012 2:45:41 GMT -9
Thanks. I've found a different way: using Acrobat at office, i learned that, while the "batch process->Export all images" produce stripes, saving the document as a PNG produce a good image, with the only "drawback" that the DPI (set to "automatically detect) changes between 200, 256 or 300 in the various files. Anyway that's enough to start my "cut & rearrange" job I'd recommend to Nik or Labrat to re-do the PDF from the original drawings, anyway.
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Post by nikloveland on Oct 22, 2012 9:08:03 GMT -9
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Post by Parduz on Oct 22, 2012 9:29:29 GMT -9
Yep, i remember my answer there. Meanwhile in office they have updated Acrobat, with the great result that that optimization process does not solve the problem anymore. Nice update
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Post by Sirrob01 on Oct 22, 2012 11:15:22 GMT -9
Give gimp a try, will also save you from needing to go into work
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