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Trying to precisely resize - deathwinger - 02-08-2023
Hey everyone, I'm new to GIMP and I usually just google my questions and get my answers pretty quickly, however, this issue I haven't found any answers for and its one that affects the functionality of my work process.
I usually resize covers for paperbacks and hardcovers for Amazon and they have precise measurements for what they want as the covers.
Usually on photoshop, I could get the measurement down to the third decimal place without any issues, this is on my PC experience. However, I'm now on a Mac and I'm using GIMP and when I try to do the same for the resize, once I set it and leave the numbers, it rounds up, so 13.025 inches becomes 13.030 inches and 9.917 inches becomes 9.920 inches.
This won't do as Amazon would come back with an error that the size is still unmatched.
How do I ensure that it stays at the exact numbers I selected?
Any assistance would be most appreciated. Enjoying GIMP as an alternative to Photoshop at the moment and want to continue to do so.
RE: Trying to precisely resize - rich2005 - 02-08-2023
The problem is Gimp works with pixels. A post about Amazon publishing here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Gimp-Automatically-Resizes
Try using Scribus
RE: Trying to precisely resize - deathwinger - 02-09-2023
(02-08-2023, 09:17 PM)rich2005 Wrote: The problem is Gimp works with pixels. A post about Amazon publishing here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Gimp-Automatically-Resizes
Try using Scribus
Thank you, this is most helpful. I will check out this platform and see how I can use it for my needs.