#PS Questions
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Dear Mike:
Just a couple quick questions about PageStream 2.2. On my system, I only
get four colors displayed when I go into the Change Screen Colors menu:
White, black, gray and blue. Does this have anything to do with the color
selections when doing color seps? I normally modem my printout files to a
service bureau, but up till now these have only been B&W jobs. Does the
computer have to have 16 or better color capability and be able to display
colors such as cyan and magenta in order to have a document printed in
full color?
I'm using a 1084S monitor, and yes, the screen flicker is bothersome.
Would one of the better multi-sych models on the market allow better color
display?
I'd like also to be able to use the soft-bordered, blurred drop shadows on
photos like you see in print ads everywhere. Does 3.0 have this feature? I
notice that when I use a gray box behind an object as a drop shadow, the
gray prints out very grainy and lores even on a Linotronic printer at 1250
dpi. Everything else looks great, but the gray box is a letdown. What, if
anything, can be done to cure this?
Happy holidays,
Carson T.
In Pagestream2.2, you must specify the number of colors available before
running the program. You cannot change screenmodes on the fly. Select your
PageStream2 icon, choose Information from the Workbench menu, and change the
colors tooltype from 4 to 8, 16 or whatever you need.
No, you can work in 4 color mode and do color work. The screenmode is
irrelevant when compared to the printed output.
Multisynch monitors: it depends on your computer if it's going to do you any
good. If you're using your 1084S on a 3000, then yes, switching to a multisynch
will be much better. But if you're using a 500, no, it would be pointless;
you'd need other hardware. I'm not qualified to tell you what you'd need for
each system.
Gray box: don't forget to set your screen frequency when going to a lino. My
grays look as smooth as they can be on a lino. To make the type of gray shadow
you're talking about requires something like Adobe Photoshop, and can't be done
on an Amiga. It's not something you can do in a DTP program, but is done only
in an image processing program. Perhaps ADPro or ImageMaster have that
capability—I don't know. You'd have to ask ASDG and Black Belt for more
information.
Cheers,
Michael @ Soft-Logik Publishing
Hi Carson,
what sort of AMIGA do aou use? How much RAM do you have?
How much CHIP-RAM do you have? How much RAM and CHIP-RAM is left, when PS
is loaded and run? Many questions….
It depends on the amount of CHIPRAM (and FASTRAM, too) you have, how many
coulors you can display….
A monitor would do nothing to the amount of colors, it depends on the RAM,
mainly the CHIPRAM.
bye, Rob.
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