Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-21 Thread Michael Schumacher
> Von: "Mark" > I agree with this completely. I make a lot of sigs for people that > normally cannot exceed 500x200px. As such I will use many photos/pic that > need to be rescaled to a much smaller object. The only way I have found > to maintain clarity is to change the resolution to a much hi

[Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-21 Thread Mark
>If I were trying to reduce the size of an image while preserving >definition I would look at changing its resolution >ie from 72pix x 72pix to 288pix x 288pix, reducing the images >apparant size (to 1/4 the starting size) while keeping all the >pixel information. > >HTH I agree with this c

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-19 Thread Marc Carson
On 08/17/2009 08:33 AM, Monika Himpelmann wrote: Dear all, I have a question and maybe it is easy to answer and has been answered before although I didn't find it in the FAQ's. When I try to scale a foto in order to get it passport photo size it looses quality. Seems like a confusion about

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread David Herman
On Monday 17 August 2009, Monika Himpelmann wrote: > Dear all, > I have a question and maybe it is easy to answer and has been > answered before although I didn't find it in the FAQ's. > > When I try to scale a foto in order to get it passport photo size > it looses quality. The fotos I want to sca

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread Chris Mohler
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Monika Himpelmann wrote: > I would understand the loss in quality if I would try to enlarge the fotos > but making them smaller in size should not make them loose quality??? > > Any hints from you out there? > Thank you in advance for any answer. Are the images i

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread Jay Smith
On 08/17/2009 06:38 PM, Patrick Horgan wrote: > Jay Smith wrote: >> Monika, >> >> I agree that it does not make sense to loose quality when scaling smaller. >> > I'm confused I think. Isn't scaling smaller an inherently lossy > process? If there's information in a section that's 20 bits acros

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread Patrick Horgan
Jay Smith wrote: > Monika, > > I agree that it does not make sense to loose quality when scaling smaller. > I'm confused I think. Isn't scaling smaller an inherently lossy process? If there's information in a section that's 20 bits across and it gets reduced to 5 bits across it isn't possibl

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread Jay Smith
On 08/17/2009 11:33 AM, Monika Himpelmann wrote: > Dear all, > I have a question and maybe it is easy to answer and has been answered > before although I didn't find it in the FAQ's. > > When I try to scale a foto in order to get it passport photo size it > looses quality. The fotos I want to scal

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread Erik Lotspeich
Hi Monika, I haven't experienced a loss in quality with scaling photos smaller; as you mentioned, loss of quality will occur with enlargements. Are you scaling before you crop the photos? How are you scaling (I scale with Image->Scale Image). What are your original & target sizes? Regards, Er

[Gimp-user] Scaling a foto

2009-08-17 Thread Monika Himpelmann
Dear all, I have a question and maybe it is easy to answer and has been answered before although I didn't find it in the FAQ's. When I try to scale a foto in order to get it passport photo size it looses quality. The fotos I want to scale are of good quality but too large and are showing not on