Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-15 Thread Geoffrey
Sven Neumann wrote: Unless you disable Dot-for-Dot in the GIMP's image window (it's in the View menu), you will always see one pixel of the image taking up one pixel on screen (of course only in 1:1 zoom ratio). The dpi setting is irrelevant for the image display. It becomes of importance if you

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-15 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks for the insites Sven. I had seen the dot-for-dot option, but didn't really know what it was for. So, if I understand you correctly, by opening a file and setting the dpi from 75 to 300 and then saving it really hasn't changed anything? Nothing

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-14 Thread Geoffrey
Carol Spears wrote: On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 01:39:09PM -0700, Carol Spears wrote: On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:22:24PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote: So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-14 Thread Barton Bosch
While we're on the topic of scaling/resampling maybe someone could clarify something for me. I read somewhere that when scaling an image for display on a monitor that it was best to change the dpi by the same ratio to avoid interpolation. Elsewhere I have gotten the impression that dpi was

[Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread Geoffrey
So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi x72dpi. I need images that are 300 dpi, so is it possible to convert the 75dpi image to 300 dpi?? I selected to scale the image and

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread William Skaggs
Geoffrey wrote: So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi x72dpi. I need images that are 300 dpi, so is it possible to convert the 75dpi image to 300 dpi?? I selected to scale the

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:22:24PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote: So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi x72dpi. I need images that are 300 dpi, so is it possible to convert the 75dpi

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread Geoffrey
William Skaggs wrote: Geoffrey wrote: So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi x72dpi. I need images that are 300 dpi, so is it possible to convert the 75dpi image to 300 dpi?? I

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread mcbeth
Quoting Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The actual image is going to a professional shop to be placed in an ad. Thanks for your feedback. A lot of printers (companies, not cheap piece of hardware on your desk) read the DPI information out of the file to know what size to print the file at, so it is

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread BandiPat
On Monday 13 September 2004 02:22 pm, Geoffrey wrote: So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi x72dpi. I need images that are 300 dpi, so is it possible to convert the 75dpi image

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread Bob Long
On Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:22 AM [GMT+1=CET], Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi x72dpi. I need images that are 300 dpi, so is it

Re: [Gimp-user] dpi from 75 - 300 ??

2004-09-13 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 01:39:09PM -0700, Carol Spears wrote: On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:22:24PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote: So here's a question which will demonstrate my ignorance. I've got some digital photos I took that, when opened with GIMP are identified as being 75dpi x72dpi. I need