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> Like most technical writers I wear several hats one of which is graphics.
> I have been asked to optimize a series of bitmaps designed for 800 - 600
> pixels to 1024 - 768 pixels.
> I do not have access to the original files.
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
> I am working in Windows NT and I have Corel Draw 7 and Adobe FreeHand 8.
> Please reply directly to me.
DON'T! It will only decrease the quality of the images. The originals
are 600x800 pixels and that's consequently their optimal display
quality, even if you've got the original files. Instead consider
PostScript printing with more lines per cm (or inch).
For further information, see my "Tip of the month" for June 1998
"Resizing of bitmaps".
Greetings from Denmark
Peter Ring
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