Save a picture to 72 dpi

[handrawn]

tema

xtreme works internally at 96dpi
this is causing the resizing
it cannot be reset in the program

does resizing the bitmap not work?

[handrawn]

Nancy

only for 'auto-generated' bitmaps - AFAIK that does not apply to export or bitmap copy functions

[gwpriester]

Hello Tema

72 dpi is Macintosh screen resolution. 96dpi is Windows screen resolution. If you save your image at 72dpi and it is viewed on a Mac the size will be right. But when viewed in Windows the size is smaller.

But the bigger question, if I might ask, is why do you want to save the image at 72 dpi? Unless you are designing specifically for a Macintosh viewer, you are better off exporting at Windows resolution, 96 dpi.

If this was not your question and want to know how to export an image and change the export resolution, see the attached. Highlight the resolution in the Bitmap Size tabbed section, and key in the desired resolution.

[handrawn]

Gary your attachment is what Tema shows attached [2nd] to his original post

He has tried this but it resizes the image of course, and that is the problem, he does not want this resizing to happen - at least that is how I read it...

If you know a way of changing the export dpi without affecting the hight and width in the dialog box I would love to know it

Otherwise the only way to do it is to resize the bitmap [picture] in xtreme before export - right?

[gwpriester]

It is an easy thing in Photoshop, but this ability is missing in Xtreme.

In Photoshop > Image > Image Size: I note the pixel dimensions of the image, change the resolution, this changes the pixels size. Then I change the pixels size back to the original.

Though your suggestion of changing the percent is probably the correct answer.

[handrawn]

agree re photoshop - that's how I would do it there too

it's a shame this cannot be done similarly in xtreme ...

[steve.ledger]

Rather than joining the dpi/ppi debate (or myths) - I invite you to read Wayne Fulton's easy to understand and enlightening article.

Say No to 72 dpi

[Suvek]

Wrote message, noticed Sledger's post, deleted message... everything is there in the article

[handrawn]

I think I first read that article, or at least the version current at the time, in 2003

However leaving screens and scanners aside, if you place bitmaps say in illustrator... then they do come in different sizes - see attached...

[steve.ledger]

As does Xtreme (which is what this forum is about) if you have the option set to import by specified dpi.
But the (updated) article explains all this.