Microsoft KB Archive/113848

= Artist: Stickers Become Jagged-Looking When Enlarged =

Article ID: 113848

Article Last Modified on 11/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Fine Artist 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Fine Artist 1.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q113848



SUMMARY
When a sticker in Fine Artist is resized using the Shrinker and then enlarged using the Grower, it looks like a bitmap, often to the point where the sticker is no longer recognizable.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Place a sticker on a painting.
 * 2) Click the Transformer tool.
 * 3) Click the Shrinker tool.
 * 4) Click and hold down the mouse button so the mouse cursor is on the sticker until the sticker is half its original size.
 * 5) Click the Grower tool.
 * 6) Click and hold down the mouse button so the mouse cursor is on the sticker until the sticker returns to its original size.

RESULT: The sticker looks very jagged (like a bitmap) and is distorted.



MORE INFORMATION
When a sticker is reduced in size, pixels are removed to scale down the bitmap. When the same sticker is re-enlarged, those pixels are not replaced, and the sticker may look as though it was assembled from square blocks. Rather than enlarging it, once a sticker has been reduced in size, it should be removed and replaced with a new sticker if a larger size is desired.

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