Hi Hija,
What Rick is trying to explain is that there is no such thing as "real
resolution".
The number of dots/pixels per inch you see depends on how big you
display each pixel or, looking it the other way, how many dots you
squeeze/stretch into a given space.
The first dialogue that Rick points you to will tell you how big an
image will display/print at the given resolution.
Given the number of pixels in the image, the second dialogue allows you
to adjust either the size of the finished image so you can see what the
resolution will be at that size, or the resolution to show you how big
that would make the image.
If you wish to to have your default resolution be 300ppi rather than
72ppi, then go to
EDIT > PREFERENCES > DEFAULT IMAGE
and set the X-resolution and y resolution as you wish.
The default of 72ppi is a somewhat historic figure based roughly on the
monitors available in the early days of the PC, but still remains a
"standard" for many software products.
Greg
On 11/11/16 14:40, Rick Strong wrote:
IMAGE > IMAGE PROPERTIES (This will also show you CMYK)
or IMAGE > PRINT SIZE for resolution and dimensions. These can be reset.
Rick S.
-----Original Message----- From: Hija de la madre patria
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 2:51 AM
To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: [Gimp-user] resolution
When I open an image, the resolution always occurs in 72 dpi but the
real is 300, for example. How can I know the real resolution? Also if
the image is in CMYK dont give me that information
Thanks
Greg Chapman
http://www.gregtutor.co.uk
Still helping users of KompoZer but using BlueGriffon
