Re: [Gimp-user] what is dpi, ppi and lpi

2002-04-12 Thread Jon Winters
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Amit Mukherjee wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between dpi, ppi and lpi ? If my intention is to print a picture measuring 8x10, at what resolution should I scan ? dpi = dots per inch ppi = pixels per inch lpi = lines per inch to know the minimum you need

Re: [Gimp-user] what is dpi, ppi and lpi

2002-04-12 Thread Roland Roberts
Jon == Jon Winters [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jon On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Amit Mukherjee wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me the difference between dpi, ppi and lpi ? If my intention is to print a picture measuring 8x10, at what resolution should I scan ? Jon dpi = dots per

RE: [Gimp-user] what is optical resolution

2002-04-12 Thread Cruz, John J
Roland, You certainly have answered most of the questions I had in mind. I do have one remaining question, however. The digital cameras I've seen at stores like CompUSA only list in their spec. total pixels. For example 1.3 Meg pixels. My question is how can I translate this number to the

[Gimp-user] Re: what is optical resolution

2002-04-12 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-04-12 at 0549.14 +): Can anyone explain to me what optical resolution means. I am looking at the product specification of an Epson scanner and it says that the optical resolution is 1600x3200 dpi. What does this mean ? It means the scanner can see that many

[Gimp-user] Re: what is dpi, ppi and lpi

2002-04-12 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-04-12 at 0919.27 -0500): Can anyone tell me the difference between dpi, ppi and lpi ? If my intention is to print a picture measuring 8x10, at what resolution should I scan ? dpi = dots per inch This causes confusion, some file formats say DPI, and monitors too...

[Gimp-user] Re: what is optical resolution

2002-04-12 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2002-04-12 at 1217.06 -0400): I don't currently have a digital camera. I use the new Kodak format and for What Kodak format? Are you talking about typical relfex camera with 35mm film or another thing? the developing process I request digitized photos. I don't now recall

Re: [Gimp-user] what is optical resolution

2002-04-12 Thread Roland Roberts
jjc == Cruz, John J [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: jjc Roland, You certainly have answered most of the questions I jjc had in mind. I do have one remaining question, however. The jjc digital cameras I've seen at stores like CompUSA only list in jjc their spec. total pixels. For

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: what is optical resolution

2002-04-12 Thread Roland Roberts
Guillermo == Guillermo S Romero / Familia Romero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Guillermo In some scanners interpolated is (a bit) better than Guillermo scaling the image afterwards, cos the driver has access Guillermo to the full range of info (some scan in 30 bits vs 24 Guillermo

RE: [Gimp-user] what is optical resolution

2002-04-12 Thread Cruz, John J
Roland, Thank your for the information. jjc -Original Message- From: Roland Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] what is optical resolution jjc == Cruz, John J [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: jjc

RE: [Gimp-user] what is optical resolution

2002-04-12 Thread Cruz, John J
Thank you for your info. John J. Cruz M$ = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) Linux = Wisdom, Integrity and Truth (WIT) WIT shall prevail over FUD! -Original Message- From: Roland Roberts [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent:

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[Gimp-user] ps to pdf

2002-04-12 Thread Will Muir
Dear List, I am trying to create a pdf document for print using the gimp. I have saved my image as a ps file and tried to convert it with ps2pdf. The problem is that it looks really really bad. The fonts are almost unreadable and the images are grainey. How would I convert a ps file to a

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2002-04-12 Thread debian-user
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Re: [Gimp-user] ps to pdf

2002-04-12 Thread cyberhades
Em Sexta 12 Abril 2002 19:40, the matrix traced a message in which Will Muir wrote: Dear List, I am trying to create a pdf document for print using the gimp. I have saved my image as a ps file and tried to convert it with ps2pdf. The problem is that it looks really really bad. The fonts

[Gimp-user] Removing Background Tutorial

2002-04-12 Thread Seth Burgess
Since removing a background seems to becoming an FAQ, I whipped up a tutorial last night: http://www.gimp.org/~sjburges/color_to_alpha/color2alpha.html Happy GIMPing, Seth Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online

Re: [Gimp-user] Removing Background Tutorial

2002-04-12 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 21:12, Seth Burgess wrote: Since removing a background seems to becoming an FAQ, I whipped up a tutorial last night: http://www.gimp.org/~sjburges/color_to_alpha/color2alpha.html Happy GIMPing, Outstanding tutorial. I had no idea that you could drag a color like