[Scribus] newbie question: picture size

Gregory Pittman gpittman
Wed Feb 28 15:58:03 CET 2007


D. R. Evans wrote:
> I apologise for the simple question. I have looked in all the dialogs
> and menus and can't see how to do what I want :-(
>
> I have created an empty document, and created a frame for a picture.
>
> The picture exists as a PNG file, intended to be printed at 300dpi.
>
> But when I "Get Picture", only part of the picture fits in the frame.
> And if I click "Info" on the picture frame, it says that the original
> DPI is 72 and the Actual DPI is also 72.
>
> Where does Scribus get the number "72" from? and how do I change it so
> it knows that I am working at 300dpi?
>
>   
Scribus imports all images to 72dpi by default.
Probably worth your while to check out:

http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Working_with_image_frames

Greg



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