Hi Frankie, On 21 Nov 10 10:56 Frank1e <for...@gimpusers.com> said: > The image is a photo with > a resolution of 72.000 x 72.000 pixels and is 416mm x 624mm. The > layer i am working on is print size (147mm x 105mm),
You misunderstand the nature of the resolution figure. There's nothing fixed about it. It's simply calculated - based on the size you want it display/print it at and the number of pixels in the image. There will be no damage, or loss of *available* quality, in the image if you choose to re-size it to fit your layer. All that will happen is that the resolution will be recalculated to tell you how many pixels will fit in an inch at the new size. The default of 72dpi resolution is a largely historic figure suitable for display on early colour monitors. Even then printers were typically capable of 300dpi so, at native resolution, an image that would fill a screen would only print at the size of a postage stamp. > Does anyone have any idea how to reduce the picture size, without > looking the resolution? Simply resize the image to the number of cm you want. Yes, the number of dots/pixels per inch (i.e. resolution) will change, but you don't lose any image data, you just stretch/compress it to fit the desired size. Greg Chapman http://www.gregtutor.plus.com Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
