dumb GIMP question

Image -> Scale Image



On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Lynn David Newton wrote:

>
> Any GIMP experts out there? This may seem like a dumb
> question, but so help me, I've tried this at least ten
> different occasions and I can't figure out how to do
> it.
>
> I have a high-resolution JPEG picture: 1600x1200
> pixels. All I want to do is reduce it: save it as a
> 1024x768 or maybe 640x480. I know about Tools ->
> Transform Tools -> Crop & Resize. That works great for
> cropping, but how do I simply shrink the whole image?
>
> I used to use the shareware program xv for this. You
> can select size and say 50% or whatever, and it will
> resize the image retaining the aspect ratio.
>
> There's gotta be something simple that I'm missing.
>
> --
> Lynn David Newton
> Phoenix, AZ
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