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| Author: | Kathyb [ Tue May 05, 2020 6:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Copying and pasting images |
GIMP Version: 2.8.14 Operating System: Mac OS GIMP Experience: New User I am a watercolour artist trying to make a repeat pattern. I have painted a number of floral images and photographed them with my iPhone and opened them in gimp. I want to put them in layers into a tile that is 8inches x 8 inches. I have managed to make each image about 2 x 2 inches to paste into the individual layers. Then I will flatten the image and offset 2 x 2 and then paste another couple of images into the blank spaces to make a proper repeat tile. My problem is when I open the individual images, although I have made them small, when I copy them and paste them into the main image, they are all huge, even though they should fit as small flowers. So each individual image says its approx 2" x 1.5" but when I paste it as a layer into the 8"x 8" tile the flower is HUGE. I have no idea what Im doing wrong. Can anybody help? |
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| Author: | Blighty II [ Tue May 05, 2020 7:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Copying and pasting images |
Gimp (and all bitmap editors) work in pixels, not inches You need 300 dpi for a good quality print. For 8x8 inches you need a size of (8x300) x (8x300) pixels =2400x2400 pixels For 2x1.5 inches you need 600x450 pixels. Set all the sizes in pixels and it will all work out the way you want. For more info, see here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Image-size-in-Gimp |
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| Author: | Kathyb [ Tue May 05, 2020 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Copying and pasting images |
Thank you Blighty. That worked for me. Thanks so much. |
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