Re: Cauzin Softstrip sample strip

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

BLuRry wrote:
> oh well.  They can't all be gems. ;-)  I think the best way to repro.
> the soft strips is to 1) scan at a higher DPI setting, and 2) scan only
> in B&W and save in a non-jpg format (to avoid the blockiness -- I'd
> recommend tiff, png or gif)

The problem isn't JPEG artifacts, it's quantization and poor resolution.
The key is to scan at a high enough resolution and use grayscale to
prevent aliasing.

> Good find though -- I wonder if the nibble magazine back issues have
> similar issues with softstrips...

Probably, but probably with the same resolution issue.

-michael

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