Improving Text Image Smoothness?

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:24 pm **(#1)**

GIMP Version: 2.8.10
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: Beginner Level

I have this text image, (see below) that I made for my latest Gimp Splash image. I've tried many ways to smooth this text image, but have always ended up losing quality or completely destroying the image.
The image isn't very large. I'm thinking that this may has much to do with how the filters affect it and what filters can be successfully applied, without quality loss or other such degeneration.
If any of you guys would like to try and help me out in any way, I'd appreciate that very much.

RobA · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2010 **Posts:** 697

Wallace - is this the original size? I don't think you can do too much unless you have a larger source image.....

-Rob A>

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I really love that Wallace, Grape is in.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:26 pm **(#4)**

Wallace, can you attach the image or is it too large?

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I just right click it and save the image then open it in Gimp. The image isn't very large, it is 322x223

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:57 pm **(#6)**

RobA wrote:

Wallace - is this the original size? I don't think you can do too much unless you have a larger source image.....

-Rob A>

molly wrote:

I really love that Wallace, Grape is in.

Odinbc wrote:

Wallace, can you attach the image or is it too large?

molly wrote:

I just right click it and save the image then open it in Gimp. The image isn't very large, it is 322x223

The text image I posted is in it's original size.
Thanks Molly. :bigthup

Was Grape ever out?

I guess I should have made it bigger, smooth it out and then scale it down, right?

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4736

Wallace wrote:

RobA wrote:

Wallace - is this the original size? I don't think you can do too much unless you have a larger source image.....

-Rob A>

molly wrote:

I really love that Wallace, Grape is in.

Odinbc wrote:

Wallace, can you attach the image or is it too large?

molly wrote:

I just right click it and save the image then open it in Gimp. The image isn't very large, it is 322x223

The text image I posted is in it's original size.
Thanks Molly. :bigthup

Was Grape ever out?

I guess I should have made it bigger, smooth it out and then scale it down, right?

That will be better, but the result won't be perfect... The problem is that the anti-aliasing pixels don't scale well anyway. For good looks they must have a very specific value, and scaling means there will be interpolation that will usually not generate the right values.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Wallace, it is now, btw, I love that texture you used on your art.

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:25 pm **(#9)**

ofnuts wrote:

That will be better, but the result won't be perfect... The problem is that the anti-aliasing pixels don't scale well anyway. For good looks they must have a very specific value, and scaling means there will be interpolation that will usually not generate the right values.

Yes you're correct. Maybe I'll go with a different design then.

molly wrote:

Wallace, it is now, btw, I love that texture you used on your art.

Thanks Molly, but what texture are you referring to?

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