Export image size/dpi
Dear list, I made a part of a schematic which looked quite alright on a A4 grid in Dia, but when exporting it, it was really small ... I found a workaround by printing it to a pdf, and then saving that pdf as an image, but I'd rather just export it as an image in Dia. A single A4-format Dia sheet only exports to about 470x300px, which is way too small to show all details. Is it possible to increase the exported image size? Cheers! Harold ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Export image size/dpi
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Harold wrote: > Dear list, > > I made a part of a schematic which looked quite alright on a A4 grid > in Dia, but when exporting it, it was really small ... I found a > workaround by printing it to a pdf, and then saving that pdf as an > image, but I'd rather just export it as an image in Dia. > DIA version? Exporting to what format? > A single A4-format Dia sheet only exports to about 470x300px, which is > way too small to show all details. > > > Is it possible to increase the exported image size? > When you export, at least to PNG you have the option to select the image size. But you should try to export to a vector format so the final images can scale and/or print correctly. Try EPS if you want to embed these output images in other documents (e.g. DocBook, Libre Office, etc.). For printing, use PS or PDF or print directly from DIA. -- Alejandro Imass ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Export image size/dpi
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Harold wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> I made a part of a schematic which looked quite alright on a A4 grid >> in Dia, but when exporting it, it was really small ... I found a >> workaround by printing it to a pdf, and then saving that pdf as an >> image, but I'd rather just export it as an image in Dia. >> > > DIA version? $ dia --version Dia version 0.97.2, compiled 12:48:00 Jan 13 2012 > Exporting to what format? Different image formats: png, jpg, etc >> A single A4-format Dia sheet only exports to about 470x300px, which is >> way too small to show all details. >> >> >> Is it possible to increase the exported image size? >> > > When you export, at least to PNG you have the option to select the > image size. But you should try to export to a vector format so the > final images can scale and/or print correctly. Try EPS if you want to > embed these output images in other documents (e.g. DocBook, Libre > Office, etc.). For printing, use PS or PDF or print directly from DIA. It's for publishing on the internet so I just need a simple image format like png, but I never get an option/dialog to specify image size anywhere? -H- ___ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Re: Export image size/dpi
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Harold wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Harold wrote:
>>> Dear list,
>>>
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> It's for publishing on the internet so I just need a simple image
> format like png, but I never get an option/dialog to specify image
> size anywhere?
>
So when you do File->Export, choose png and click ok you don't get a
smaller dialog asking for the size of the export???
Close DIA and open it again and you should get the second dialog ("PNG
Export Options"). I'm not sure if this is a bug or what but once you
select the export size once it doesn't show up a second time for that
same diagram. I'm using your same version on a Mac but we use it
extensively on Linux and I think it does the same thing.
Tell me if it works.
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Alejandro Imass
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