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[challenge entry] *mutter*


Anybody have any tips on working with small text and clarifying it, just couldn't for the life of me stop the text pixelating and causing obvious seams.

From the New Road Signs challenge. See all 655 entries (closed)

(NoMoreFaith can believe its not bloody butter, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:16, archived)
# haha!
using photoshop? re-type the text and try the different aliasing settings on the tool bar. or just a different font
(I helped save b3ta! P3te "the Meat", Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:18, archived)
# Ta
I may try that,

But not just now.. I have bacon sandwiches!
(NoMoreFaith can believe its not bloody butter, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:20, archived)
# I'd...
Do your photo-monkeying in tattyshop, then to add the text open the file in Illustrator, its text monkeying abilities are teh superb. Then save for web from there.
(I helped save b3ta! Liquid Crystal, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 13:32, archived)
# except for the scratches on the front, that's
a creative way of parking
(I helped save b3ta! edovan, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:18, archived)
#


that's woo and fine as it is! woo!
(I helped save b3ta! TopUpTheTea you ain't seen me, right?, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:19, archived)
# you need to turn the anti aliasing off.
Set it to 'none' as in this pic


EDIT: Also rasterize the type before you rotate it - it won't go all 'higgledy piggledy' then
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:19, archived)
# Cor PSP
only has Sharp Smooth and Off.

I want strong and crispy antialiasing too.
(NoMoreFaith can believe its not bloody butter, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:25, archived)
# Crispy ftw!
(Beardy Being a pirate is alright with me., Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:25, archived)
# I love PSPX...but I'm moving on to photoshop :)

it's just so much better...

*feels dirty*
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:41, archived)
# hehe it's the right move! :)
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:45, archived)
# I'm stuck with GIMP.
But I think I've mastered it.


In my mind.
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:48, archived)
# GIMP is good.
maybe not as good as taterswap, but it gets the job done :)
(I helped save b3ta! Albert the Mildly Deranged purveyors of nothing much since a year or two ago, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:53, archived)
# At first all you have to get used to is all of the different windows.
Then you have to get used to the fact almost NO plugins are avaliable.

Same for brushes.


You can find some on Deviantart though =)
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 13:02, archived)
# that is brill
and probably a sign* of things to come.

*sorry
(I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo Regular Member, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:29, archived)
[challenge entry] hah! This doesn't deserve it's own thread so i'll stick it here
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:36, archived)
# ha ha! Yay!


I have a similar dilemma - it's a pearoast, so doesn't deserve it's own thread, and I can't decide whether it's compo-worthy anyway (given that it's supposed to be about new signs - and this is just a regular sign) (meh)
(I helped save b3ta! Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:41, archived)
# Being pedantic...
... when have you ever seen a sign warning of a bridge 4 1/2 feet high? So technically, it is new...
(psd eats stuff. Often., Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:43, archived)
# True, true
But then as you know, the idea wasn't mine anyway - I have the signed original framed here on my wall (although that was a different location, and a different height too)
(I helped save b3ta! Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:49, archived)
# This amount of integrity makes me feel incredibly uneasy.
(I helped save b3ta! collapsibletank procreates, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 13:57, archived)
# I like that muchly
woo Ptols

great stuff
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:54, archived)
# *Clicks*
Woo.
(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:41, archived)
# haha
nice
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Sat 17 Jun 2006, 12:52, archived)