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“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius--and a lot of courage--to move in the opposite direction.” --Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ---- From: Michele Zarri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:11:58 AM Subject: Re: [users] Re: Draw: changing size of pasted objects On 3/29/07, Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michele Zarri wrote: > > ... I copied all the layers and pasted them into GIMP. The problem is > > that the resulting image is (about) 20% wider in GIMP. ... Is there > > any way to avoid this undesired enlargement? > > I suspect that the difference is primarily coming from a different > monitor dpi setting between the two applications. AFAIK, OOo uses the > values provided by X, whereas Gimp defaults to the X settings, but also > prompts you to calibrate it's own values. So it's possible that Gimp has > a different dpi setting. > > Gimp's setting is under Preferences > Display. > > You can check the X setting with this: > $ xdpyinfo | grep -B1 dot > dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (313x230 millimeters) > resolution: 104x113 dots per inch > > These match Gimp exactly for me (and I ran through the Gimp calibration, > to double-check what the system determined automatically), and > copy/paste from Draw to Gimp gives accurate results. > > Note that Draw seems to add 1 or 2 pixels on some sides that are not needed. > > I did find that I needed to use an existing image window in Gimp, then > use Edit > Paste as New to get a new image of exactly the size of the > drawing on the clipboard. > > You can also just use a screenshot of the Draw window at 100% zoom, then > trim that as you like in Gimp. > > The big problem that I have with this workflow is that Draw always > includes the page background, whereas I mostly want that to be transparent. > > <Joe > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks Joe, I suspected the difference in resolution was exactly my problem, but I approached it from the wrong angle trying to change the DPI in Draw... Since the screenshots come from a windows program I hope that the GIMP version for Windows offers the same option, if not I will have to take all the screenshots and then reboot... a bit of a bummer but not so dramatic. I will let you know when (if) I have managed to sort it out. Cheers, Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
