I have an image with an aspect ratio of 0.62:1 and I want to change it to 0.71:1 and live with the distortion: the image includes text so it can't be cropped.
As a new user, I have spent what seems like hours Googling "changing aspect ratio with Gimp" and trying without success the few answers I found.
Can anyone please walk me through a method or point me to a tutorial? I use Windows 10 and Gimp 2.10.20.
Rgds
Ruprecht
Ruprecht: What happens if you scale the image (Image => Scale Image), changing only the height or width, and with the Height and Width values unlinked (broken chain icon). Does that give you the effect you want?
Cheers. . .
Do not want to crop, so need to scale down width by a multiplier ?
I make that 0.62 / 0.71 = 0.8732 (87.32 %)
Use
Image -> Scale Image and in the dialogue break the link between Width and Height.
Gimp can do the arithmetic for you (*0.62/0.71) screenshot
https://i.imgur.com/qHnJg2G.jpg
or
Change the units to percentage and enter
82.32 87.32 Change the interpolation to NoHalo and click scale.
https://i.imgur.com/sY6vXpk.jpg
Note: Gimp works in pixels so there are often rounding up/down adjustments with image pixel size.
(09-01-2020, 05:42 PM)akn_39 Wrote: [ -> ]Ruprecht: What happens if you scale the image (Image => Scale Image), changing only the height or width, and with the Height and Width values unlinked (broken chain icon). Does that give you the effect you want?
Cheers. .
Thank you, worked a treat!
(09-01-2020, 06:19 PM)rich2005 Wrote: [ -> ]Do not want to crop, so need to scale down width by a multiplier ?
I make that 0.62 / 0.71 = 0.8732 (87.32 %)
Use Image -> Scale Image and in the dialogue break the link between Width and Height.
Gimp can do the arithmetic for you (*0.62/0.71) screenshot https://i.imgur.com/qHnJg2G.jpg
or
Change the units to percentage and enter 82.32 87.32 Change the interpolation to NoHalo and click scale. https://i.imgur.com/sY6vXpk.jpg
Note: Gimp works in pixels so there are often rounding up/down adjustments with image pixel size.
Thank you, and and as simple as breaking the link.