DiaTools User's Guide

58 DiaTools User’s Guide

Illustration 22: The small number of pixels gives the image a

„stepped“ appearance

If you have activated this function, the „steps“ are reduced and smoothed.

Illustration 23: The „smoothed“ image

The pixels to be exposed on film which are located between the actual pixels of the picture file are interpolated with the smoothness function, thereby causing them to appear a little smudged, so the transitions between the pixels is softer. The function also prolongs the time necessary for preview and exposure.

This function is useful when the number of pixels in the picture file (e.g. 1500 x 1000) is smaller than the preset resolution of the recorder (e.g. 4K = 4096 x 2732). The setting affects all images to be exposed with the application.

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For a few picture formats, it is possible to use images with different resolutions (Photo CD), or images in vector format

(Windows Metafile).