Whenever I attempt to disable anti aliasing upon loading a pdf, the program requests a password for the pdf file which does not have a password. I've tried creating a pdf myself and it did not change the fact that a password is requested. I am using Corel Paintshop Pro 2022. Is there a work around to this "bug?"
Additional info: Ideally I would like to load the pdf with a resolution of 131 and in greyscale with anti aliasing off. Then what I need to do is crop the image and use the negative image feature. When I'm finished editing the image I need to save it as a pcx file and put it on a floppy. Currently the program I'm using the floppy with does not accept the anti aliasing and causes the image to blink, displaying the "fix" that the anti aliasing option added.
Workaround for disabling anti aliasing
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Re: Workaround for disabling anti aliasing
Hi Michael and welcome to the forum.
Yes, this is a known bug and has been reported to Corel. https://forum.corel.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=68957
I'll check to see if there is any update.
Yes, this is a known bug and has been reported to Corel. https://forum.corel.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=68957
I'll check to see if there is any update.
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Re: Workaround for disabling anti aliasing
That's honestly a bit weird. Anti-aliasing isn't a value, it's just how the pixels are rendered. So how would anti-aliasing cause the issue? Does the program not allow grey values? Or is it the transparency produced by importing the PDF? I believe PCX version 5 supports an alpha-channel.
If it's the transparency, you can flatten the image to get rid of the transparency. Layers -> Merge -> Merge All (Flatten).
If it's the grey pixels and it can only be black or white, you can use Threshold to make it a truly black and white image.
In both cases, you'd import the PDF with anti-aliasing and then correct the issue after the fact in PSP. Only other workaround I can think of, use another program like GIMP or ImageMagick to create a PNG from the PDF and then import into into PSP to export as PCX. Assuming GIMP can't export to PCX directly.
If it's the transparency, you can flatten the image to get rid of the transparency. Layers -> Merge -> Merge All (Flatten).
If it's the grey pixels and it can only be black or white, you can use Threshold to make it a truly black and white image.
In both cases, you'd import the PDF with anti-aliasing and then correct the issue after the fact in PSP. Only other workaround I can think of, use another program like GIMP or ImageMagick to create a PNG from the PDF and then import into into PSP to export as PCX. Assuming GIMP can't export to PCX directly.