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Re: Pixels per Inch [message #37383 is a reply to message #37382]

Mon, 15 December 2003 12:20

Craig Markwardt
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JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> writes:
[ ... ]
> It depends on how many "inches" you intend to output the image to.
> This is a basic and common mis-understanding of how image resolution
> works. A bitmap image like a PNG file has a specific size in pixels,
> nxm say, but does not have an associated "physical size". The

JD, I'm not sure that's always true. I believe that TIFF images have
an inherent (desired) dot pitch. Perhaps other formats do too, but
PNGs definitely do not, so your comment is appropriate for the
original poster.

Craig

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		Re: Pixels per Inch By: sdj on Tue, 16 December 2003 09:03
		Re: Pixels per Inch By: JD Smith on Mon, 15 December 2003 13:46
		Re: Pixels per Inch By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 15 December 2003 12:20
		Re: Pixels per Inch By: JD Smith on Mon, 15 December 2003 10:00
		Re: Pixels per Inch By: R.Bauer on Mon, 15 December 2003 05:52
		Re: Pixels per Inch By: William Thompson on Fri, 19 December 2003 10:46
		Re: Pixels per Inch By: JD Smith on Tue, 16 December 2003 10:49

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