Re: Export image size/dpi

[Harold <harold+dia sait nl>]

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Alejandro Imass <aimass yabarana com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Harold <harold+dia sait nl> wrote:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I made a part of a schematic which looked quite alright on a A4 grid
> > in Dia, but when exporting it, it was really small ... I found a
> > workaround by printing it to a pdf, and then saving that pdf as an
> > image, but I'd rather just export it as an image in Dia.
>
> DIA version?

$ dia --version
Dia version 0.97.2, compiled 12:48:00 Jan 13 2012

> Exporting to what format?

Different image formats: png, jpg, etc

> > A single A4-format Dia sheet only exports to about 470x300px, which is
> > way too small to show all details.
> >
> >
> > Is it possible to increase the exported image size?
>
> When you export, at least to PNG you have the option to select the
> image size. But you should try to export to a vector format so the
> final images can scale and/or print correctly. Try EPS if you want to
> embed these output images in other documents (e.g. DocBook, Libre
> Office, etc.). For printing, use PS or PDF or print directly from DIA.

It's for publishing on the internet so I just need a simple image
format like png, but I never get an option/dialog to specify image
size anywhere?

-H-