(07-03-2021, 04:57 AM)BringOutTheGIMP Wrote:(07-03-2021, 04:10 AM)PixLab Wrote:(07-02-2021, 08:55 PM)BringOutTheGIMP Wrote: Hello! I've found my images look better when I import an images resolution higher than 100 pix/in.
What is an optimal setting for importing an image to not lose quality?
thank you!
It depends about many things https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_density
You should give us more infos about your screen (size/density (4k-2k)) is it looking better when you print or just on your screen or both?
More about pixel/inch of a screen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_dens...onitor_PPI
My screen is 4k but its not essential to be 4k also. I'm concerned with data loss upon importing, editing, exporting and eventually printing the project.
I would say import at the best resolution of your printer, but that might not be true.
May be before importing a right click on your photo/image => properties then check the resolution/PPI, thus import at that resolution.
There are many people which takes as a rule of thumb the 300ppi with a 16bit per channel... That might be what you want, but you will get bigger .xcf
In the end it's all about how you visually see things, the purpose, the power of your computer, and so