Photoshop Help!

Zylka · April 25, 2003, 20:13

So I've just sketched out a design that printed the lines way too thick. The lines are 1 pixel black, but resolution is at 28 or so pixels per centimeter - I should have set it around 100 per centimeter. Can I convert it to this and have all of the lines thin down at once, or do I start over?

(They're all straight edge, btw)

Thanks!

Zylka · April 25, 2003, 20:28

HEELLEEELEP!

Aro · April 25, 2003, 20:56

Zylka, I don't know if I understood correctly (damn broken English!

). If so... well, the lines will increase in the same percentage. I mean, the lines will be 4, 5 pixels black after you resize the design, and the edges will not be straight anymore. A little blur will happen. If you want to keep them with 1 pixel, straight edges, you'll have to start over.
But you can try it. Save your file and save a copy... Make some experiences with the copy.

Lord_Davinator · April 25, 2003, 21:00

ya from what I understand of your problem you probably will have to start over again

Zylka · April 25, 2003, 21:03

What I thought. Thanks, thread blows up

Zylka · April 25, 2003, 22:06

Now why oh why is my printer not printing black as black? I didn't ask for charcoal black, nor dark wispy grey, I WANT F*CKING COLD HARD BLACK

Boris Godunov · April 25, 2003, 22:07

Toner.

Zylka · April 25, 2003, 22:12

Nah the black ink is full, it's some retarded communication error

I hate computers

Inanimate objects were built to p*ss me off

Urban Ranger · April 25, 2003, 22:23

PhotoShop is not designed to do that sort of work, a drawing program (Illustrator, CorelDraw, Freehand) is far superior in that aspect.

orange · April 25, 2003, 22:26

yeah, use Illustrator for that (not that I'm a huge fan)

Zylka · April 25, 2003, 23:40

How do I unlock layers, and why do they keep locking themselves each time I reopen the program? One minute I can freely move my text around, the next it's locked

Aro · April 26, 2003, 00:19

This pic is from Photoshop 7.

Ted Striker · April 26, 2003, 00:24

Z,

Give Project Dogwaffle a try. It's free and works more
intuitively.

http://www.squirreldome.com/cyberop.htm

Skanky Burns · April 26, 2003, 00:27

Set the printer to print black-and-white rather than in colour, and it will print the black as dark black.

Zylka · April 26, 2003, 00:31

Thanks all

I will try another program but am almost finished the current project in photoshop. The locking won't undo and it's doing some really weird things, the program is a little corrupted

Ted Striker · April 26, 2003, 00:36

Don't let the Linux geeks talk you into using the Gimp

Inverse Icarus · April 26, 2003, 02:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Don't let the Linux geeks talk you into using the Gimp

worst. ui. ever.

Urban Ranger · April 26, 2003, 02:19

Quote:

Originally posted by Zylka
How do I unlock layers, and why do they keep locking themselves each time I reopen the program? One minute I can freely move my text around, the next it's locked

Don't look locked to me, but then, I am still using 5.5.

BustaMike · April 26, 2003, 05:50

If you are opening a jpg or bmp the only layer is the background and it will automatically be locked when you start. Save the image as a psd if you're still working on it and that won't happen. If you've already done this then I dunno why it's locking stuff.