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Title: Smooth Straight Lines
Post by: FTJR on October 22, 2004, 04:08:57 PM

Hi guys,

Im currently trying to draw panel lines for the C205 and am finding it difficult since most of the fuselage lines are on a slight curve. i am working in 2048 and using 2 pixel lines. When i reduce it and check it out the curved lines have a saw tooth effect. Ive tried reducing the segments but still no improvement. Any ideas?

BTW I had my p40 skin approved yesterday. Anyone else?

Title: Smooth Straight Lines
Post by: United on October 22, 2004, 04:13:45 PM

You probably already are, but be sure to use anti-aliasing. It doesn't make the lines look like one color.  It diffuses them with the rest of the skin, gives it a better look.

Got your tip on the roundels.  I haven't tried it, but I think I know what you're getting at.  Mind if I add it to my site?

No sign of any approvals/denials yet!

Title: Smooth Straight Lines
Post by: Octavius on October 22, 2004, 04:18:53 PM

Are you drawing the curved lines using vectors in 2048?  After reducing, the anti-aliasing of the vectors disappears and you get the jagged sawtooth effect.  

When resizing, try selecting "Smart Size" instead of bicubic, bilinear, or pixel resize.  That might give somewhat of an anti-aliased look.  If it still looks like garbage, hold off doing those curved lines until you resize the whole thing down 1024.

BTW, congrats on the approval :)

Title: Smooth Straight Lines
Post by: FTJR on October 22, 2004, 06:43:27 PM

United, yes I am using AA. And if the tip on the roundels works for you, please do, goodness knows how many tips i've got from you and others on this forum.

Octavius, Im using 2048 and then saving it to file as bmp. then using a picture editor to resize it. Will try your tip.

Thanks Guys

Title: Smooth Straight Lines
Post by: United on October 22, 2004, 07:01:48 PM

Oh FTJR, dont save as a bmp until after you've resized.  Do all of your resizing in PSP or whatever you use, then decrease your pallete depth to 256 after the resize.  Then you can save as a bmp.

I got the same problems resizing after I saved as a bmp.

Title: Smooth Straight Lines
Post by: FTJR on October 22, 2004, 07:26:27 PM

United, once again, thank you.. I've been doing it wrong. Ok That makes it much better, however I think I'll start from scratch again.

Cheers