I've been wrestling this problem for a long time. I have a logo I created
with a transparent background. However, the edges are jagged - there is no
antialiasing. I'd like to use the logo on various backgrounds, but I need to
know...

How do I soften the edges of the object?

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- Dave
http://members.cox.net/grundage/

Dave wrote:
> I've been wrestling this problem for a long time. I have a logo I
> created with a transparent background. However, the edges are
> jagged - there is no antialiasing. I'd like to use the logo on
> various backgrounds, but I need to know...
>
> How do I soften the edges of the object?

First, the image must be 16 million colors in order to support
anti-alias. Increase the image's color depth if necessary.

Is your logo drawn with vectors? Change their properties by checking
anti-alias and you are done.

If it is a raster image, there are several approaches. The choice
depends on the image. If you can get a clean selection of the area
whose edges need smoothing, try Selections > Modify > Shape Based
Anti-alias. Another approach is to run the Soften brush around the
edges.

Can you post a sample somewhere, or hop over to the Paint Shop Pro
board at the Jasc forum http://forums.jasc.com where you can attach
an image to a post?
-- 
Fred Hiltz,  fhiltz at yahoo dot com