Re: [Gimp-user] Why does Gimp automatically change my specified dimensions?

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 21/11/16 21:35, usagora wrote:
> I'm running Gimp 2.8.16 on Windows 10.  When creating a new image or resizing a
> current one, and I enter the dimensions for length and width, Gimp keeps
> changing the fractional part of the units I enter.  For example, if I enter
> 48.000cm x 46.000cm, it changes it to 48.006cm x 45.999cm.  What gives?  It
> doesn't do this with some units of measure, but it does for others.
>
> See attachment
>
> Attachments:
> * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/336/original/Capture.PNG
Because the physical size you require doesn't convert to an integer 
number of pixels, so Gimp computes the nearest integer value, and then 
computes back the actual physical size. Yes, this looks a bit 
superfluous, at current sizes and print definitions...