Re: gimp

I am home now and I was changing the wrong section. But now I need to know how
to change the dpi.

On Monday 22 March 2004 12:23 pm, Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 11:43, Michael Havens wrote:
> > That is what I thought too but it doesn't want to reduce the size. I
> > click on the decrease arrow and it brings the size down in steps from
> > like 21" to 5". But when I open the new file it still fills the entire
> > screen.
> >
> > :-)Mike(-:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Alan Dayley
> > Sent: 3/22/2004 6:27:32 AM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Re: gimp
> >
> > To make the image "physically" smaller so that it is not to big when used
> > as a background, do this:
> >
> > - Load the image in GIMP
> > - Right click on the image.
> > - Navigate the menu to Image->Scale Image...
> > - The dialog box shows you the original width and height. Put in a new
> > width value, like 800. Or something less than the original.
> > - Click OK
> > - Save the image, presumably under a new name
> >
> > All done.
>
> ----
> There are 2 dimensions to file size as discussed by someone earlier.
>
> There is the pixel dimensions and the pixels per inch (sometimes
> referred to as dots per inch). They both must be considered.
>
> A picture that is 3" x 5" at 96 dpi is but is not the same as a picture
> that is 3" x 5" at 300 dpi. The problem is your screen is only capable
> of resolving 96 dpi (or some other fixed size depending upon your setup
> but 96 dpi would be typical). If you attempt to view an image on screen
> that is 300 dpi, it would take up more than 3 times the amount of screen
> to see each and every pixel, which is what a lot of programs will do.
>
> At the bottom of the scale image screen, it lists the dpi figure and my
> guess is that it needs to be changed like to 96 dpi
>
> Craig
>
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