PI2000: Printed Output Is Blurred When You Insert Pictures (252804)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Picture It! 2000
This article was previously published under Q252804 SYMPTOMS
If you open a low resolution picture (for example, 640 x 480 pixels)
in Microsoft Picture It! 2000, and then add a higher resolution picture
to the composite (for example, 1600 x 1200 pixels), the second picture
is blurred or pixelated when you print the composite.
This symptom can also occur when you add text or shapes that you created
in Picture It! 2000 to a low resolution image.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Microsoft Picture It! 2000 bases the size of
a composite on the size of the picture that you open first.
When you add a higher resolution picture to a lower resolution picture in
a composite, Picture It! 2000 reduces the resolution of the second picture
to match the resolution of the first picture.
As a result, the quality of the lower resolution picture is reduced.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.
Method 1
If the composite contains no text or shapes that you created in Picture
It! 2000, rebuild the composite.
First open the highest resolution (largest) picture, and then add the
lower resolution (smaller) picture to the composite.
Method 2- Click the Workbench tab, click Size & Position,
and then click Change Picture Size.
- Make sure that the Maintain proportions
check box is selected.
- Increase the size of the first picture to match the size of the
second picture.
NOTE: You can still print the first picture in its original size.
Method 3- On the File menu, click New.
- Create a larger blank image that is proportional in size to
the original picture. For a definition of "proportional," please
see the "More Information" section of this article.
- Drag the original composite from the filmstrip onto the new
blank image.
- Move the composite to the lower-right corner of the blank
image, and then drag the upper-right corner of the composite
until the composite fills the blank image.
NOTE: To ungroup the composite, click the grouped objects in
the composite, and then click the puzzle piece that appears inside the
picture pane.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Picture It! 2000. MORE INFORMATION
When two pictures are proportional in size, both the height and the width
of the pictures are multiples of the same number. To make a larger picture
that is proportional in size to the original picture, multiply the height
and the width of the original picture by the same number.
For example, a picture that is 8 x 10 inches in size is proportional to a
picture that is 16 x 20 inches in size.
NOTE: This issue does not occur in Microsoft Picture It! 99 (which
is also known as Microsoft Picture It! 3.0).
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/7/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbdisplay kbprint KB252804 |
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