Re: Dia image to small -

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 13:43 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> I have a system diagram created with dia almost two years ago.  I used 
> the current dia for Fedora 7 [yum install dia] and after editing my 
> diagram find that when converted to .png the result needs to be enlarged 
> about 2.5 times, to something like 1024 x 720?  When I do that using 
> gimp or gthumb the result is blurred.
>
> Curiously I can zoom into the original dia file and get perfect results 
> for very large sizes.  I do not recall having this problem before.  What 
> am I doing wrong?

You're seeing the difference between vector graphics and bitmapped
graphics.  Use Dia's png-libart exporter ("PNG (antialiased)" in the
menu), not png-pixbuf.  It will let you set the size of the exported
PNG.

-Lars