04-22-2017, 07:38 AM
(04-22-2017, 04:44 AM)TheBrassGlass Wrote: Yes, I can confirm that when I download it from the cloud site, it is at 300 dpi. In fact, saving it as the GIMP native file (.xcf), it is still 300 dpi. But if I export as JPEG, it becomes 72 dpi. I do not understand why this is.
I will try doing as you say with print size.
Since a saved .xcf is at the higher ppi then probably setting the print size is not going to work. It will already be set to that value.
It then goes back to:
Somewhere in the procedure you use to export a jpeg.
For example a higher ppi image copied/imported into a lower ppi image takes the ppi of the lower ppi. But from your description you just open a tiff and then export to jpeg so a question there.
How you determine that the exported jpeg is at 72 ppi.
Try some other application than Gimp. ImageMagick or there is an XnViewMP for linux.
A possible bug in the versions of linux / Gimp you use.
You could try resetting your Gimp back to defaults see if that makes a difference. If your linux has a forum ask the question there.