Re:Problem with glow when printing

[Roger Smith <rsmith@unb.ca>]

Jerry Olson wrote:

>I want to make a very soft glow around an object. It looks great on the
>screen. It VERY slowly fades off into the black background. Has about a
>50 pixel Gausian Blur on the glow.
>
>The problem is the glow, when printed on the 3000 is that the edge of
>the glow is sharp. It does NOT fade off into the black like it does on
>the screen. Even under great magnification, there is no sharp line on
>the glow, on the screen. How can I get a print that matches the screen?




Hi Jerry,
	Is the glow you're describing from using the Layer > Effects >
Outer Glow application in Photoshop? If so, I tried it and got a very nice
50-pixel glow around a picture against a black background.
	You're not going to want to hear this, but the glow prints very
well on a 1200, fading smoothly out to black, even using Generations ink on
Epson Photo paper. It doesn't look as good on a 740 - fading more abruptly
to black and looking quite dotty under a 4-power loupe. I presume this is a
4-color printer limitation - this kind of subtle fading is exactly where
the 6-color printers shine.

How are Scooter and Thumper?
Roger Smith


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