![]() Gimp is a raster (bitmap) editor and works in pixels, not centimetres or inches. Quote:The thing that probably confuses me is when I open the jpeg, it shows the actual size in pixels and NOT the actual print size like the pdf does Not the most wonderful company for proving information. Why will they not accept your PNG? a black and white png by default is a color-indexed image, maybe that is the problem. I converted the text in the svg to a path because the probability is you do not have that specific font. Why will they not accept your PDF? Could be an embedded font. The best (free) tool for creating a PDF for publishing is Scribus. Screenshot: Top is my jpeg, bottom your image Ĭompanies like VistaPrint love PDF so that is a good way to go. Not a lot, just some extra semi-transparent pixels. I can see more anti-aliasing in your screenshot than I get with a Gimp 2.10.6 (linux) default jpeg. ![]() It would be nice if you could turn anti-aliasing off for straight edge characters 'H' or 'L' and on for rounded or angled characters 'C' or 'A' but you can not. You need some degree of anti-aliasing otherwise the graphic will look horrible. So what's the easiest way to get a 'print preview' when you design something in in a raster file format?Īnd is it always like that? When you design something for print will it look bad on screen in full resolution? It's really hard for me to wrap my head around. The thing that probably confuses me is when I open the jpeg, it shows the actual size in pixels and NOT the actual print size like the pdf does. Is there any way to get that same quality in a jpg? I want to use vistaprint for business cards and for some reason they don't accept my pdf's and png's.ĮDIT: ok wait, something confuses me here that bizcard.svg I imported in Gimp and exported as a jpeg and complained it wasn't sharp, well, if convert that to a pdf it is sharp. No matter how I zoom in or out it always looks perfect. I made the logo again in Inkscape and exported it as a pdf and that looks way better to me. When I open that bizcard.svg in Gimp, select the business card dimensions and 300 PPI & export it as a jpeg or png I still get an image that's not 100% clear. I will also link to both files on my Dropbox because it seems to me that when posting it here, it doesn't look as bad. Would someone be so kind to give me a nudge in the right direction? When Facebook displays a thumbnail and not the full picture, the line under the letters is also a bit ‘wiggly’. I started with a 3000 x 2000 pixel file and that worked fine when I scaled it down a lot for the small logo, but when I scaled it to 1040 x 693 (keeping the same aspect ratio) to match the dimensions of the business card the result was fuzzy borders and text that’s not sharp anymore. I’m sure this is due to my inexperience and wanted to ask if there are guidelines for doing this? If you have any questions, comments or concerns, do not hesitate to leave a comment below.I’m trying to make a simple logo in GIMP which I need in different formats (small logo, business card) but I’m running into issues when resizing it. ![]() If you’d like to simply download a copy of a blank template with sizing and guidelines already arrange instead of having to do so yourself, you can grab a copy in native GIMP format here: gimp-channel-art-template.zip Video Tutorialįor complete step-by-step instructions with voice narration, watch the video tutorial below. If you’d like to add your social media profiles to your design, check out my free bundle of social media icons. Here’s a copy of the image I used for the background in case you’d like to use it yourself… Click the image to be taken to the download page ![]() Skip to the end of the post and watch the video tutorial if you’d like to see how to create this specific design. Channel Art Designįor the sake of this tutorial, I put together a very simple design that is depicted below… You will now be free to start designing! As mentioned previously, make sure you keep important info within those blue guidelines and large enough to be seen on a mobile device with a small screen. I made the background black just so you can see the guide lines. This will generate a series of guides on your document that will represent the safe area that all of your import contents need to be contained within. Now delete that layer and go to Image > Guides > New guide from selection. Next, right-click the new layer and select “Alpha to selection”. Make sure you have the “Relative to” set to “Image”. Using the Alignment tool, click on the new layer to active it and center it on the page vertically and horizontally.
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