Picture issue

[Jeanstnle]

Hello,

First of all, I'd like to say that I am french, and I apologize for my poor english.
Actually I got an issue with Gimp, when inserting a picture in my document.
When I open the picture as a new document, it seems quite ok, reasonable size (10 x 10 cm), and the image is clear.
But when I try to insert the picture (open as layer) in my Gimp document, the picture included is very big (120 x 120 cm) and using the scaling tool to reduce the size, will badly damage the image quality ...

What is my mistake ???

Thank you for your advices, with my best regards,

Jean

[Ofnuts]

Gimp only sees pixels, the physical size (centimeters) is determined by the print definition (or your screen definition).

See this: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Image-size-in-Gimp

[Tas_mania]

Have you ever wonder what something like 'Libre Office Writer' is for? I think assembling (composing and compositing) documents. I guess you can also use Gimp but I think it's better to use on the images then export, then import into you document writer.