Re: [Gimp-user] Book cover image density /resolution etc..

[Tobias Jakobs <tobias jakobs gmail com>]

Hi Mark,

I think you are trying something impossible. 300 dpi = 300 dots per inch
(or better ppi = pixel per inch). If your book is 6x9 your image bust be
(6x300)x(9x300) = 1800x2700 pixel. Every thing else will not work! You
can't change the dpi without changing the number of pixel and the other way
around.

Regards,
Tobias

Am Di., 4. Feb. 2020 um 13:58 Uhr schrieb Mark Banschbach, OFS via
gimp-user-list <gimp-user-list gnome org>:

> Greetings all,
> I am a noob where Gimp is concerned.   I have used it as a photo editor on
> a fairly cursory level and absolutely love it.  UNTIL, I decided to try to
> use it to design the cover for my first book.
> I tried, I tested and stretched and ran myself mad trying to get it to do
> what I wanted and in the end I gave up and gave it to someone else to do in
> Photoshop because it was a quick fix and I only have a limited amount of
> spare time I can dedicate to these projects.
> I am now preparing to publish my second book and I am back to the same
> issues I was having before..
> I have a Hi Definition JPG  image ( I am currently away from the image or
> I could provide the resolution)  that I have attempted to put into GIMP and
> the book cover I have is 6x9 inch cover, and the image needs to be a
> minimum of 300 dpi and when I go in to adjust the size of the image
> according to the instructions I have, (entering the dpi level in the X and
> then the cover size in the appropriate location,  it resets the DPI level
> to something smaller.
> I had this same issue before. but could not get around it..   I spent
> hours going over how to interlace multiple images and it would cause a
> sane man to go mad...
> And so I am hoping that I can get some help in figuring out this process.
> Thanks in advance..
> Mark
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