Neil,
You can probably get a better result - a lot better - by leaving the
maps in vector format instead of translating to a bitmap. Your
publisher probably wants 1200 dpi or better for his work, and if you
send to him as a vector based file then he can generate that sort of
density routinely. If you try to do it, it will be huge at your end.
One way to do this is to copy to the clipboard and then open the
clipboard in GraphicConverter and save in the scaleable vector format.
Then your publisher can use GC (or perhaps something else) to open the
file and print to whatever resolution he wants.
Or, it might be useful for you to use the same routine I use for
drawing output. Instead of firing up the old pen plotter, I "print"
from VW to a pdf file and email that to Kinkos for plotting. I don't
know whether pdf carries the vector info when created in this way or
not, but if not, a workaround is to print at some multiplier of the
desired final size and let your publisher print at the reciprocal.
That packs a lot of resolution into the image.
Bill
On Saturday, July 9, 2005, at 07:32 AM, Neal Hammon wrote:
> Bill-
>
> I'm a retired architect, and I still do some architectural drawings,
> which I put on a CD and have printed at Electric Blueprint on Main
> Street.
>
> At present I am working on a book, scheduled to be published next
> month, which contains about six or seven maps, that I created on VW,
> and am sending to my publisher. Some I printed out on my lazer and
> sent, and others I have sent email, without great success. But
> apparently I need to turn up the ppi on the VW export box.
>
> Neal Hammon
>
>
> Bill Holt wrote:
>
>> Neal,
>>
>> I suggest that you get a copy of GraphicConverter. It's $30 or $35,
>> as I recall, and translates from damned near any format to damned
>> near any other one ... and allows a lot of image manipulation.
>> You'll have to experiment with the dpi setting. It depends on the
>> pict you're bringing in and on the application yo intend for it. If
>> your goal is to optimize for screen viewing, you may want to go with
>> 72 or so, for good prints you'll probably want at least double that
>> density.
>>
>> What kind of stuff do you do with VW10? I'm an occasional user, now
>> of VW11.
>>
>>
>> Bill Holt
>>
>>
>> On Friday, July 8, 2005, at 02:14 PM, Neal Hammon wrote:
>>
>>> Question for anyone.
>>>
>>> I am using a G5 with system 10.3.4
>>>
>>> On the internet I use Netscape. (probably not a good choice, but I
>>> am used to it.) Once in a while I receive pictures and/or drawings
>>> I can not open.
>>>
>>> I work with a Vector CAD program, version 10. With this program I
>>> can export the following.
>>>
>>> BMP, JPEG, TIFF, TGA, SGI, PNG, PIC, MACPAINT AND PHOTOSHOP.
>>>
>>> Question: What would be a good dpi setting to used when exporting
>>> the programs?
>>>
>>> I presume I can also open the same programs, but the instruction
>>> book is not too clear on this. I have no problems opening Photoshop,
>>> Microsoft Word, and JPEG.
>>>
>>> Neal Hammon
>>>
>>>
>>>
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