Re: [Gimp-user] reduce resolution while retaining image size on computer

2015-09-06 Thread Richard
I was about to suggest the same thing. GIMP only ever displays the image onscreen relative to its raw image pixels and zoom % (ignoring any physical print resolution / dpi). If all you do is change the print resolution of your image, the image's size and data (in pixels) remain unchanged, thus

Re: [Gimp-user] reduce resolution while retaining image size on computer

2015-08-08 Thread Kasim Ahmic
Eh, if he's just trying to drop the quality by keeping the same size, it's best to just scale the image down and back up again with no interpolation. Like you said, using CSS would look awful cause all browsers will scale the image up with interpolation unless he wants to use an HTML canvas and

Re: [Gimp-user] reduce resolution while retaining image size on computer

2015-08-08 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:21:18 +0200 chrislz wrote: > 1) check the cubic or sinc option in quality box > 2) changed the resolution, in this case from 600 to 300. > 3) re-enter original width in width box > 4) click scale image > > When I do this, the image DOES NOT stay the same. It shrinks to

Re: [Gimp-user] reduce resolution while retaining image size on computer

2015-08-08 Thread Kasim Ahmic
Don't worry about the resolution of the image. Just worry about the dimensions. Scale it down to whatever you'd like and then scale it back up to the original dimensions. Like so: 1. An image is 500px x 500px 2. Scale it down to 250px x 250px 3. Scale it back up to 500px 500px That right there