Help designing for a LED Reader Board

[williamh61689355]

I just got put in charge of our digital reader board at work and need to figure out the best way to design and save images that will look good and be readable on the sign. I've tried a few different ways of saving things but every time I load it onto the sign it gets distorted and choppy, which makes it hard to read. They have text that comes with the sign but they only give you 3-4 good fonts and not a lot of custom design. My biggest thing is getting a image with text onto it and it being clear and easy to read. Please Help!

[Monika Gause]

Could you give us some clues as to what kind of images it does read and what kind of design you want to create? Some specifications of the whole thing?

[williamh61689355]

All i want to do is be able to design a simple background with text over that can be read clearly once uploaded.

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[ScooterD76 · Accepted solution]

You might be better off designing in photoshop- these LED boards ( although i don't know much about them) have a set resolution that you can set a similar pixel size and get a better representation of what you looking at...