Xara and Inkscape, just a tip !

**ivan louette** · 27 February 2007, 03:42 PM

Export your bitmap file from Xara at 90 DPI to trace it with the excellent Inkscape built in tracer. Then you will be able to re-import the vectorized result at the right size in Xara.

kindly,
ivan

**Soquili** · 27 February 2007, 03:51 PM

Hello Ivan,

Does the 90 dpi work better than 96 dpi? Just curious why the difference from the Windows/Linux normal dpi.

**ivan louette** · 27 February 2007, 03:55 PM

Yes, 90 DPI works perfect for me while 96 DPI exports too small. I don't know if this is specific to Linux however ...because I work with the Windows version of Inkscape ! Now I suddently understand that perhaps I didn't post this thread in the right forum ???

kindly,
ivan

**Soquili** · 27 February 2007, 04:00 PM

No problem with being in the Linux forum, this way I think both Windows and Linux users will be informed.

**SorinN** · 28 February 2007, 01:13 AM

Inkscape problem ... ( I tested with Xara LX - Gimp - Krita - Fireworks8 under Ubuntu Feisty Herd4 - all programs can save correct width and height at 96 DPI only Inkscape must be set to 90 - to keep proportions)

Else.. best regards guys, let's pray for XARA PRO on Linux.

SorinN

**handrawn** · 28 February 2007, 09:25 AM

when tracing my 300 dpi scans in inkscape and importing into xara as pdf, they need to be reduced to 30% to match the original size - ie the ratio 300/90 which ties in with whats been said here.

inkscape has a default bitmap export setting of 90dpi - which you can change, though I've not experimented - anyone know why it uses 90dpi?

**jedfrechette** · 28 February 2007, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by handrawn

inkscape has a default bitmap export setting of 90dpi - which you can change, though I've not experimented - anyone know why it uses 90dpi?

Inkscape uses the SVG definition of a pixel which in turn is derived from the CSS specification. The CSS spec used to recommend a pixel density of 90dpi, in the absence of specific knowledge about the display device. It looks like the newest versions recommend 96dpi however, so this might be considered a bug in Inkscape.

**handrawn** · 28 February 2007, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by jedfrechette

Inkscape uses the SVG definition of a pixel which in turn is derived from the CSS specification. The CSS spec used to recommend a pixel density of 90dpi, in the absence of specific knowledge about the display device. It looks like the newest versions recommend 96dpi however, so this might be considered a bug in Inkscape.

Ah. Thanks for that

**ivan louette** · 28 February 2007, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by jedfrechette

Inkscape uses the SVG definition of a pixel which in turn is derived from the CSS specification. The CSS spec used to recommend a pixel density of 90dpi, in the absence of specific knowledge about the display device. It looks like the newest versions recommend 96dpi however, so this might be considered a bug in Inkscape.

Many thanks for the info.

kindly,
ivan