[PD] higher resolution screen capture

[Simon Wise]

On 19/07/12 22:58, András Murányi wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Hans Roels<hans.roels at base.be>  wrote:

>> I need pictures of>  300 dpi of a Pd patch to publish them in an article.

> Hi Hans,
>
> The postscript files that Pd generates for me (here on Linux at least) are
> vector-graphic, which means they have a so-to-say "infinite resolution":
> one can zoom into them endlessly and shapes will still be perfect and
> pixel-free. (see attached screenshot of pd-window in the foreground and
> zoomed postscript in the background)
> I suggest that you check that this applies to your postscript files as well
> (take a look into them with Document Viewer in Gnome or Ghostscript on
> Windows) and is they prove to be vector-graphic, you can simply tell the
> editor not to worry and go ahead using them.
> (Of course, if someone opens a postscript file with the wrong program, it
> can look pixelated when it is actually not.)

if your editor is incapable of dealing with the postscript files and requires 
you to generate final artwork for them as pixel graphics then you will need to 
do that work for them. And they will need to do much better than "more than 
300dpi" as a spec for what format they require for artwork.

On Linux I just tested a couple of apps and Scribus seems to do a nice job of 
importing the pd.ps files exported by Pd 0.43.1 ... allowing you to export it as 
an image file in whatever resolution you like, in many formats ... but as Miller 
says there is a slight difference in font size that you may need to correct for 
in Pd if you are relying very much on font size for your layout.

Inkscape didn't cope with the pd.ps file very well at all, and the various PDF 
viewers I have were more limited in their saving options.

On other OSes there are also plenty of choices for layout apps which will read 
the pd.ps files properly.


Simon