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Smoothing scanned text

We have someone doing Calligraphy type stuff for us and scanning it in.
There might be slight indentions/bumps in the text. Are there any settings
to tweak that might help iron these out?

The text is mainly large sweeping curves, like a fancy handwriting.




Mon Nov 1, 2004 12:09 am

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hi, i'm from italy. i've downloaded the "autotrace-0.31.1-w32" zip file and unzipped it. now if i use autotrace.exe the program doesn't open. where is the...
fabio_abc
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Oct 15, 2003
5:54 pm

Autotrace is a command-line program. It doesn't open any windows at all. You have to enter some information on the command line to get it working, like one...
Alex Galakhov
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Oct 15, 2003
8:22 pm

Thank you! So i have to work in ms-dos prompt? ... at all. You ... working, like ... zip ... doesn't ... fabio...
fabio_abc
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Oct 16, 2003
12:27 pm

... Depends. For Linux, there is a graphical user interface to Autotrace called "frontline" (download it from http://autotrace.sf.net). There is also a new...
Markus Meyer
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Oct 16, 2003
12:38 pm

... AutoTrace has many options. From the command line it can be difficult to quickly experiment with different options to see the effect on the output. ... ...
rob_m_mckinnon
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Oct 20, 2003
3:59 pm

Rob, I have autotrace and delineate installed in their own directories, and java 1.4.1 has been installed and working for a long time. System is Win98SE. When...
xk897
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Oct 3, 2004
7:15 pm

I couldn't get Deliniate working using the .BAT file for DOS/WINDOWS. I did get it to work using the .SH file with CYGWIN (Linux emulation) ... From: xk897...
Barry Patterson
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Oct 4, 2004
1:51 am

Barry, I'm not familair with cygwin. I found and downloaded it - Is it a simple 'install and use', or am I going to have to learn linux to get it working? I'm...
xk897
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Oct 4, 2004
3:10 am

I just took some time and played with the Windows .BAT file for Delineate (GUI for POTRACE & Autotrace). I got it to work by using the following in the .bat...
Barry Patterson
barlo00001
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Oct 31, 2004
6:50 pm

We have someone doing Calligraphy type stuff for us and scanning it in. There might be slight indentions/bumps in the text. Are there any settings to tweak...
Barry Patterson
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Nov 1, 2004
12:09 am

FYI: It looks like the 'corner surround' value is what I was looking for! The output was amazing once I bumped that number over to maximum. It was originally...
Barry Patterson
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Nov 1, 2004
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