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Glen Warner <gdwarner -at- ricochet -dot- net> wrote:
>On my most recent project, all of my scroll bars had that annoying
>moire effect. I complained to my supervisor, but he said there was
>nothing that could be done, but I suspect otherwise.
Several people have written explaining how to set things up to
avoid moires.
However, moires can still crop up if you change printers or
resize. If they do, the only way to be sure of escaping them is
to take the time to open each graphic in a paint program (nothing
fancy, even MS Paint will do). Sample the color you want (in the
case of the scroll bar, the gray squares, and drop a rectangle of
that color over the moire.
Yes, on a large project, this can be time consuming. However,
it's touches like this that mark the difference between a
professional and someone who's just occupying a work station and
collecting a cheque. so far as I'm concerned, checking graphics
should be as much a part of the final editing as proofreading.
--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com | Tel: 604.421.7189
"Soon you'll achieve the stability you strive for,
In the only way that it's granted:
In a place among the fossils of our time."
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