Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP ignores dpi?

[Simon Budig <simon budig de>]

Mark Bourne (gimp-users mbourne spamgourmet com) wrote:
> Phillip Susi wrote:
> > If I create an image and double the dpi to 180, GIMP shows it in the
> > same size at 100% zoom as if I hadn't doubled the dpi.  Isn't this a
> > bug?  Doubling the dpi ( and keeping the same resolution ) should make
> > it display at half the size.
>
> DPI is pretty much irrelevant for displaying on screen. 100% zoom
> displays each pixel in the image as one pixel on screen.

Not if you disable the "dot for dot" mode. Then gimp takes the display
dpi into account and you can watch your documents in their "real" size.

Bye,
        Simon

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