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Re: Saving TIFF

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: Saving TIFF
From: Martin Fitzgibbons <rushsoft at bigpond dot net dot au>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:46:32 +1000
I thought TIFFs held bitmap and vector as well. I tried saving as PICT but got similar results when scaling the file in another program.
In particular the text was very dotty. I used

f.SaveAsPicture temp,1

for the PICT save with instructions like

temp.graphics.drawString Instructions,px,60+(temp.graphics.textHeight/2),L

for the text

Martin

At 2:12 PM +1000 7/31/03, Martin Fitzgibbons wrote:

I am using a plugin to save a picture as a TIFF which works as far as saving out goes but when I scale the resulting file in other publishing programs it looks fuzzy as though it were more bit mapped rather than vector.

Well, it is. TIFF is a bitmap format. Vector formats include PDF and PICT (though of course, both of these can also contain bitmaps so you have to be careful how you create them).

Cheers,
- Joe


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