User`s manual

T-Jet Blazer Series User’s Manual
Version 5.0 Revised September, 2008
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Making Your Selection a New Layer
The goal behind all this is to get your main
image on a layer with a transparent background.
(This will show as a gray and white checkered
pattern throughout the image). With a transparent
background, you can add additional elements to
the image including text, drop shadows, glows and
more.
Fixing Bad Line-Art in Photoshop and
FastARTIST
You may also use a bitmap editing program to improve the
quality of line-art. Earlier we covered le resolution, noting
how a low resolution le will have very jagged edges. By
simply upsampling a le to a much higher resolution you will
have less of a jagged effect, and a softer edge.
For Black and White images, you will want to
upsample and then apply a Tone Curve to make edges Black and
White without any “gray” areas. This process is available in
FastARTIST, Photoshop, CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator.
IMPORTANT POINT:
You must take ownership of xing bad
artwork. If the le is provided in a pixel
based format like TIFF, PSD, JPEG, GIF,
etc., you can’t assume it is bright, sharp, of high resolution and ready to print. You
must check the resolution and upsample the le if necessary. Make adjustments if
it needs sharpness or boost color saturation if the le is dull. Lighten the le if it
seems too dark because the image may print even darker!