[Gimp-user] Document actual size is huge and not A4 crisis please help!

[PMan22 <forums gimpusers com>]

That's amazing thank you so much! I think that's what I was looking at and got
confused as I am pretty out of my depth knowledge wise!

> This entirely depends on the dpi you are going to be printing at
> (resolution).
>
> A4 is about 8.27 inches wide and 11.69 inches tall.
> If you print at 300 pixels per inch that means your image width would
> be
> around 2,481 pixels wide (and 3507 pixels tall).
>
> Do you know what print resolution you will be targeting?  Ask your
> printer
> what they support and what you should be aiming for.
> Assuming everything is scaled correctly, it shouldn't be too big a
> problem
> to rescale down to what's desired (although you may want to let the
> print
> shop do this for you?).

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