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Export as icon image is squashed

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Export as icon image is squashed vampirehunterd 13 Jan 01:13
  Export as icon image is squashed Michael Schumacher 13 Jan 12:40
   Export as icon image is squashed vampirehunterd 13 Jan 16:52
    Export as icon image is squashed Liam R E Quin 13 Jan 17:58
  Export as icon image is squashed scl 13 Jan 16:17
vampirehunterd
2013-01-13 01:13:08 UTC (almost 12 years ago)
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Export as icon image is squashed

Hi, I need a little help making my desktop icons. I stated out with either a jpg or png image. Using gimpshop I get the image resized and it looks fine. However, after exporting as an ico the image is very recognizable but shorter and fatter. I use to use photoshop so with gimpshop I look for something that said retain aspect ratio but as of now I haven't found it. It seems to adjust both width and height when I scale it but something happens during the export. Any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Michael Schumacher
2013-01-13 12:40:08 UTC (almost 12 years ago)

Export as icon image is squashed

On 13.01.2013 02:13, vampirehunterd wrote:

Hi, I need a little help making my desktop icons. I stated out with either a jpg or png image. Using gimpshop I get the image resized and it looks fine. However, after exporting as an ico the image is very recognizable but shorter and fatter.

Where do they look like this? What are the image size and ppi values before you export them?

Regards,
Michael
scl
2013-01-13 16:17:31 UTC (almost 12 years ago)

Export as icon image is squashed

On 13.01.13 at 02:13 vampirehunterd wrote:

Using gimpshop I get the image resized and it looks fine. [...] I use to use photoshop so with gimpshop [...]

I'm sorry to tell you that you're asking in the wrong place. GIMPshop uses the name (and code) of GIMP (as well as Photoshops name) to offer an independent fork together with additional software. See also https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/2012-August/msg00060.html. We only answer questions on the original GIMP here. You find a version for your operating system on www.gimp.org/downloads and many help in the GIMP application help and on the web.

Kind regards,

Sven

vampirehunterd
2013-01-13 16:52:16 UTC (almost 12 years ago)
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Export as icon image is squashed

Where do they look like this? What are the image size and ppi values before you export them?

Hi Michael, Sven said I'm asking in the wrong place, but since you asked... The images start out as jpg or png and anywhere from 1200x800 pixels or smaller. I resize them using scale image and when it's done scaling them to 250x250 or there abouts it looks fine with everything still in proportions. It's when I actually export the image as an .ico that it gets distorted. Thanks, and if I'm not supposed to ask here I'll try to find out the info somewhere else but any help is appreciated.

Liam R E Quin
2013-01-13 17:58:26 UTC (almost 12 years ago)

Export as icon image is squashed

On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 17:52 +0100, vampirehunterd wrote:

The images start out as jpg or png and anywhere from 1200x800 pixels or smaller. I resize them using scale image and when it's done scaling them to 250x250 or there abouts it looks fine with everything still in proportions.

If you scale from 1200x800 to 250x250 you will change the "aspect ratio" and the result will look squashed or squeezed.

First scale to 250x166 (in this case) and then use image->canvas size to make the image be 256x256, and then use image->flatten image (or in the Resize Canvas dialogue box say "resize image-sized layers"), so that you don't end up with a "transparent" chess-board effect.

Liam

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