>Hi, I too have an issue understanding how resizing works, especially >with reference to Word. >I wasn't sure if I should post a new thread, but decided this was sort >of pertinent to my issue. >Please let me know if I should create a new post. > >Basically, If I have a big image (a signature, black and white, about >1000 pixels wide), then insert into Word, and resize it ( to about a >tenth of it's size) it looks fantastic. >If I take the image, resize it in Gimp (or anything else for that >matter) from 1000 to 100, it looks really bitty and blocky, and >inserting to Word it remains bitty and blocky.. > >Why is this? Is this to do with the dpi as well? And is there a work >around? > >Thanks
Gimp is a raster editor and works in pixels. When you scale an image, the pixels are not scaled they stay the same so for your signature image reduced to 10% means several hundred pixels are crammed into maybe a dozen: see screenshot 1 You can get a little improvement by pre-blurring the large image but 1-10th the size is asking a lot. For a better result convert the raster image into a vector image, typically a SVG. You can do this using freeware Inkscape or there are online converters. In a document for comparison, the type size is 14 to give some idea of scale. screenshot 2 rich: www.gimp-forum.net Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/760/original/reduced.png * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/761/original/example.png -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
