[R-390] Y2K Reprinting

[Barry Williams]

Tim,

You have it confused with other formats. TIFF files are not bit mapped. 
That is why I suggested them.

TIFFs save the line attributes, so you can go back and edit points, add 
points, etc. It is object oriented and I can't explain what that means 
here. You'll have to look it up. The format also saves color depth info 
for each color channel, so it is good for photos. TIFF is a universal 
format with high resolutions if selected. TIFFs can be editted in 
Photoshop and other layout programs easily. It is ideal for schematics.

LIke I said earlier, CAD would be the most time consuming way possible 
to clean up the schematics over using an object oriented format. I've 
done both.


Barry


> Barry suggests:
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>> You can convert to editable files (object oriented) without CAD. That is 
>> one reason why TIFF files are desirable. CAD is taking the hard way to 
>> do it.
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> NO NO NO DO NOT DO NOT MAKE TIFFS FROM THE WONDERFUL KH6GRT DRAWINGS.
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> Converting to TIFF will turn a wonderful, zoomable drawing into a bitmap.
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> DO NOT DO THAT.
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> I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW AWFUL IT WOULD BE.
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> There is so much detail in the KH6GRT drawings.
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> To turn it into a bunch of chunky bitmaps would be so so so BAD.
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> I do not know KH6GRT, but whoever is thinking about re-issuing the
> Y2K manual should get to know him. He clearly knows how to make
> really wonderful schematics using some CAD tool. Whoever is making
> a re-issue should get the files straight from him.
>
> Tim.
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