On 01/12/2010 02:33 PM, Larry H. wrote:

When I use the text tool, the output is noticeably pixelated. How can I prevent that?

I am learning to use GIMP 2.6 on a Windows XP professional machine, a Dell.

It'd be helpful if you could post the file online somewhere and send us a link, so we can see it. But as a guess: have you checked the "Antialiasing" checkbox, in the Text toolbox/palette? And, is your zoom level (on the image's "View" menu) set to ~100%? If you're zoomed way in it may look pixelated, even though at the actual size (100%) it really is smooth. Also, if the image mode (on the image's "Image" menu) is set to something other than RGB, changing it to RGB may help.

If none of that helps, post the file online, and/or give us some more details.

Larry,

At what physical dimensions are you trying to print the text? The document should be at least above 200 DPI @ whatever physical dimension, to avoid obvious pixelation (assuming you do have antialiasing enabled).

If you want to email the XCF to me, I can take a quick look at it.

Marc

Marc Carson Email: marc@marccarson.com

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Larry H. wrote:

On 01/12/2010 02:33 PM, Larry H. wrote:

When I use the text tool, the output is noticeably pixelated. How can I prevent that?

I am learning to use GIMP 2.6 on a Windows XP professional machine, a

Dell.

It'd be helpful if you could post the file online somewhere and send us a link, so we can see it. But as a guess: have you checked the

"Antialiasing"

checkbox, in the Text toolbox/palette? And, is your zoom level (on the image's "View" menu) set to ~100%? If you're zoomed way in it may look pixelated, even though at the actual size (100%) it really is smooth.

Also,

if the image mode (on the image's "Image" menu) is set to something other

than

RGB, changing it to RGB may help.

If none of that helps, post the file online, and/or give us some more

details.

-- Thanks for your quick response! I checked on the things you mentioned: 1) Antialiasing is checked. What is "Force auto-hinter"?
2) Zoom level is set to 100% And the pixilation shows up in prints as well.
I export to JPEG and print, because when I try to print from GIMP it just gives me a tiny thumbnail.
3) The image mode is set to RGB.
4) Do you have a suggestion what URL I could post this online. I'll do that
very happily to get your feedback on the file.

Thanks. Larry H. (via www.gimpusers.com)

Try saving it as .png instead.

At one point, the OP said something about it printing out too small but it was an okay size on screen, just pixilated. Did I understand that correctly.

It sounds like the OP simply has an image that is too small in terms of X by Y pixels.

You can blow something up on screen, and increase the resolution to 300 dpi whatever for printing purposes, but if the image pixel size is only 200 x 200 pixels (or whatever) then you are going to have jaggy text.

We needed to see the image.

4) Do you have a suggestion what URL I could post this online. I'll do that

very happily to get your feedback on the file.

I personally like imgur. I would suggest saving it as a png as that will preserve the most quality. http://imgur.com/

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Jay Smith wrote:

At one point, the OP said something about it printing out too small but it was an okay size on screen, just pixilated.  Did I understand that correctly.

It sounds like the OP simply has an image that is too small in terms of X by Y pixels.

You can blow something up on screen, and increase the resolution to 300 dpi whatever for printing purposes, but if the image pixel size is only 200 x 200 pixels (or whatever) then you are going to have jaggy text.

We needed to see the image.