[scribus] maximum image size

[josfon at xs4all.nl]

>> I have a billboard file with a 100 dpi image. So that's alright.
>
> That really tells us nothing about the image size.
>
> The DPI of a digital image is just a number, somewhere in the file
> there is a number telling "this image is supposed to be 100 dpi".
>
> It does not tell us how many pixels (it might be 16x16 pixels or
> 3000x3000 pixels).
>
> It does not tell us how many megabytes (it might me 15 kB or 200 MB).
>
> It does not tell us the compression (if any).
>
> There was recently a discussion about this in the Scribus forum:
> http://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,112.0.html
>
> When you are talking about a digital image the DPI value is totally
> useless. It only makes sense once the image in put onto a physical
> medium.
>
> /Peter
Sorry I was away for the weekend!

The size of the picture I used in the final result is:
16339 x 8511 pixels (wich gave a dpi value of 125)
The PNG file size is 155 MB.

Concerning about DPI value during the proces is usefull becaurse that
determines the quality of the final (print) result.

Jos


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