Any question answered...

you right sorry, here a proper one:

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3048/ronab.jpg

Sorry, was on phone - spotter - don't be a dick.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7285/harrypotterdeathlyhalloy.jpg

OK, my turn for help now.

I've already posted about this particular task somewhere in this thread but just so you don't have to scroll about, the situation is this:

I'm trying to make a particularly elaborate birthday card for someone. It involves a leather envelope (which I've now made and am happy with) and on this, tan coloured, envelope I was going to use decoupage to fix/print on images of tiny animals and monogrammed initials in the style of the luggage featured in Darjeeling Limited by Marc Jacobs/Louis Vuitton featuring illustrations by Wes Anderson's brother, Eric Chase Anderson. (Who looks a bit like Ron Howard).

I'm shit at drawing/painting but can just about bullshit my way through Photoshop.

I took the highest resolution and clearest image of a piece of the luggage I could find, this one:

And cut around, not hugely accurately, the best example of each animal. I saved them as transparent GIFs. They're tiny, but that's fine - I thought.

The final envelope is about 26cm by 19cm.

The animals, indiviually are less than 100px square - averaging around 70x40.

Now just as a test while I was working today I printed out a sheet with them all arranged nicely on it (using a colour laser printer at work). But the very edges of the image look rough and pixellated. Is there a setting in Photoshop or on a printer I can use to smooth edges? Should I just zoom in and use the paintbrush tool to tidy them up? Have I done a really shitty job cutting them out?

Given the size of the final product I think the size of the animals is fine - but they still have rough edges I'd like tidied.

Hit a brother up.

It's because the images are too small and too low res. I don't know of any tool that would perfectly smooth the edges, so you're probably going to blow them up to several times the size, redo/smooth the outlines then save the large versions but save a duplicate with a high dpi then try shrinking them down again and see if they look better.

le sigh

Should have gone to bloody Clintons.

Welcome to graphic design.

do not want

Although to be honest if you do try redoing the outlines yourself, they will probably end up looking really crap, I know this from experience of painstakingly doing something similar at 500% and after an hour zooming out and realised that I'd made it look a million times worse than the original.

Alright Miss Optimist, kick me while I'm down!

I don't want to give you false hope! The picture you used was too small in the first place, you need to find the magical 'ENHANCE' button where you can make it bigger without losing any of the quality then all your problems will be solved.

dtm

question answered, all solved.

Someone's hotlinked to an image on a site that requires logging in. It happens occasionally.

Why do some people delete their question once answered?

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No idea.

A bit annoying as only one person finds out the answer then the question has to be asked again and again and and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

Why do some people delete their question once answered?
it was a picture of the apocalypse.

I asked moog to take it down because it had my webmail server log-in window on it.

What's CYOA's webmail server log-in details?

What the hell is "flag wave for video" anyone?

^^

u: CYOA
p: password

without a doubt.

could you please delete that? i don't want people breaking in and reading my PMs about you all.

Hi, I have a question about my road bike : switching to a compact crank and drivetrain compatibility.

• I have a 9-speed Chorus setup with a 53-39 crankset (circa 2000), with a square taper on a Campagnolo BB. I'd like to put a compact 50/34 crankset (because it's hilly around here, and I want to try to climb Mont Ventoux later in the year).

• The BB does not seem to be an issue, as most new BB (UltraTorque/MegaExo/Octalink etc...), except newer BB30 can be put on my frame (A 2005 Bianchi l'Una carbon frame). Is that right ?

• Now the gears compatibility. Will a current Athen 11-speed crankset such as this one be compatible with the older Chorus 9-speed cassette and shifters ? If yes, what chain sould I put (9/10/11 speed) ? Would it be safer to use a lower-end 10-speed current crank from Campagnolo (such as Veloce) ?

• Alternatively, will a "Shimano-compatible" FSA crankset worjk with Chorus 9-speed ? There are "Shimano" 9-speed (S-9) and 10-speed (S-10) LSK carbon models available for quite cheap (here and here). The "S-9" is also labeled "C-10" on the chainring, so I guess it is for Shimano 9-speed and Campagnolo 10-speed. What about Campagnolo 9-speed ? Will it be compatible ?

Thanks for your help !

Avoid PowerTorque.

With any luck, you'll be able to find some old Veloce or Mirage UltraTorque CT cranks still in stock somewhere. I got them dirt cheap a couple of years ago, but although there are plenty of bargains on 39/53 still in stock, the only compact I can find at the moment is at http://www.totalcycling.com/index.php/product/parts_accessories/cranksets_road/FC_CT_VELOCE_09.html and they seem to know they are in short supply judging by the asking price.

Whatever crank you get, you need to stick with 9s chain to match you cassette.

The Athena 11 speed I linked to ^^ is quite cheap on CRC right now and has Ultra Torque rather than Power Torque. So would you say it will work with 9s cassette / chain ? Or do you mean I really should use a 10s crank ?