Re: [Gimp-user] problems with understand how to resize images properly

["Rick Strong" <rnstrong primus ca>]

Here's a trick that may--or may not--work for you.

WORD has a menu item under the "Mailings" tab that says "Labels". Click on 
this and you will be presented with a dialogue screen that allows you to 
enter the text--or a photo--for a single label, say an Avery 5160.

When you click "New Document" the text you have typed is repeated down and 
across the page in the correct places and the correct number of times for 
the label you have chosen. The action is called "Step & Repeat" in the 
trade.  For 5160 labels it is S&R'd 30 times. I Tried this with an 8" x 6" 
image and it automatically reduced the photo to fit on the label.

Whether this leaves you enough room to type text is another question. Play 
with the text wrap on the image. I suggest tight. While I think GIMP is a 
great program, sometimes there are other ways to solve a problem. The 
auto-label maker in WORD is a nice feature and can be used to print images 
on labels.

Cheers,
Rick S.

-----Original Message----- 
From: menglor
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 9:05 AM
To: gimp-user-list gnome org
Cc: notifications gimpusers com
Subject: [Gimp-user] problems with understand how to resize images properly

Good Day!

I am a newbie learner to “” and I am trying to accomplish a series of steps, 
but
things just don’t seem to work out for me.

I have 2 problems, well more but I wont go into everything 

- Basically   I am trying to import a picture of varing sizes, and then 
resize
them to fit a specific size.

For example,  I am importing an image  that is 5” x 3”,   and wanting to 
print
it on a label,
So I need to be able to copy it out of GIMP, and past it into a Avery 
Shipping
Label template in Word.

I have been a little successful, but I am having issues with the sizes 
changing.

Steps I am completing.

1- Open Image.
2- Click menu “Image”  and then click Scale image
3- I assign the Size height as  1.30 inches  (because of the linked 
reference,
width defaults to  2.0 inches ISH
4- Resolution seems to imply its  76 x 76
5- And it seems like it works, though when I COPY and paste into Word and 
print.
The size is a little off.

However, I went on to the next picture, which ultimately was a desktop 
image ,
I completed the following

1- Open Image.
2- Click menu “Image”  and then click Scale image
3- I assign the Size height as  1.30 inches  (because of the linked 
reference,
width defaults to  2.0 inches ISH
4- Resolution seems to imply its  560 x 560  (don’t have the real numbers 
handy)
5- Then I copy it , and then Paste into Word.
6- When I look at the image in my template  the image height should be 1.3, 
but
its about 2.3.  and the width is also messed up.

I am confused. If I tell them image to be 1.3  why is it not listening?   I
understand there is a setting called Print size somewhere, but I am trying 
to
make the image  Size X, but something else is getting in the way.


I am hoping someone can give me an answer,  or maybe point me to a Youtube 
video
that goes over it.   I have watched about 6-8 tutorials, but I cant find
anything that  goes into that whole aspect of


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