08-24-2017, 12:52 AM
Rich, Blighty,
The Images are seperate jpg files, which I drag/drop on to a blank Word doc.
I then drag the corners of the images in to fit them all (usually 3 at the moment) inside the Word doc. I keep the same aspect ratio, I just pull the corners in to shrink the images.
I then Save As a PDF file which I then open in GIMP.
When opening in GIMP I have been using a resolution of 450 ppi. When I Export the PDF file as a JPG file I find gives me good resolution & usually a multiple of the original images that I put on to the Word doc. Example: If I drag/drop 3 x images of around 400kb each, open with Resolution of 450 PPI, then the final Exported JPG file from GIMP usually gives a file of around 1200kb/1.2mb, which is what I would expect from a file composed of 3 x 400kb images.
I have also experimented with bringing the PDF file in to GIMP with higher pixel resolutions which of course results in a larger Exported file, but I still seem to be losing some of the crisp resolution of the original images when I do my 'zoom in' check.............
I may be chasing my tail here as it would seem that some picture quality is inevitably lost when you 'process' picture files, but I wanted to see if there was a way in GIMP to produce the save end file & perhaps hold on to the original picture quality.
The Images are seperate jpg files, which I drag/drop on to a blank Word doc.
I then drag the corners of the images in to fit them all (usually 3 at the moment) inside the Word doc. I keep the same aspect ratio, I just pull the corners in to shrink the images.
I then Save As a PDF file which I then open in GIMP.
When opening in GIMP I have been using a resolution of 450 ppi. When I Export the PDF file as a JPG file I find gives me good resolution & usually a multiple of the original images that I put on to the Word doc. Example: If I drag/drop 3 x images of around 400kb each, open with Resolution of 450 PPI, then the final Exported JPG file from GIMP usually gives a file of around 1200kb/1.2mb, which is what I would expect from a file composed of 3 x 400kb images.
I have also experimented with bringing the PDF file in to GIMP with higher pixel resolutions which of course results in a larger Exported file, but I still seem to be losing some of the crisp resolution of the original images when I do my 'zoom in' check.............
I may be chasing my tail here as it would seem that some picture quality is inevitably lost when you 'process' picture files, but I wanted to see if there was a way in GIMP to produce the save end file & perhaps hold on to the original picture quality.