Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing pictures that are resized.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> dave boland schrieb:
> > I'm creating some greeting cards using LO Draw templates I created a few
> > years ago.  The problem is that Draw gets the dimensions wrong.  I start
> > with a digital photo of about 3000 x 2000, resize it using GIMP to about
> > 9" x 6"
>
> How do you resize it?

Regina, I use GIMP Image Resize.  Set the image to 300ppi, set the
dimensions to inches, set the size to about 9"W x 6"H.  Once that is
don, I export.

> , export as PNG or TIFF,
>
> I don't know about Tiff, but in PNG you can enter the dpi to be used. 
> You can use IrfanView to set the dpi. I don't know whether Gimp has such 
> feature.

I have heard some good things about IrfanView, but I use Linux, and it
doesn't support Linux.

>   and import into Draw.  I the past, the
> > size was correct, but now it is shown as being over 40" wide!  I'm
> > guessing that Draw assumes 72ppi, where I'm using 300 ppi.  Could
> > someone confirm this behaviour and let me know what I need to do?
>
> Click on the image. Then press F4 which opens the "Position & Size" 
> dialog (or any other way to open that dialog). Check the option "Keep 
> ratio" and enter the height or the width which you want for your image.

This is what I do as well.  The imported image size is over 40" wide!

> If you intend to use the image as background, then you can set its size 
> in the background dialog.

This image is not a background.

Dave,

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