09-05-2020, 04:30 PM
So I really love the amount of creative power and complexity that comes with GIMP, however it doesn't seem like this software was meant to be used for book art design. 
So in order to submit a cover for printing, i need an image file that's exactly the same size as the pages within. I've found some nice high-resolution images (which took care to make sure are exempt from copyright infringement) to be used on the front and back of the book, yet when i scale images, the program seems to want to stick to the exact same aspect ratio as was used by those who originally put the picture up online. However, this shouldn't be a problem if the image is larger than the book size i want to create...
For example:
the image is 18.375" X 12.250", the image is pretty and high resolution, and am happy to put it on my book cover/back, but i need to shrink it down to 12.250" X 9.250". If i for example manually change the width in the image to 12" (from 18.375"), gimp automatically changes the height to 8", and if i were to change the height to 9", it would change the width to 8"...
I understand that i could use the crop tool, but if i can't manipulate the image to specific size, then the program is not useful for this purpose.
So in order to submit a cover for printing, i need an image file that's exactly the same size as the pages within. I've found some nice high-resolution images (which took care to make sure are exempt from copyright infringement) to be used on the front and back of the book, yet when i scale images, the program seems to want to stick to the exact same aspect ratio as was used by those who originally put the picture up online. However, this shouldn't be a problem if the image is larger than the book size i want to create...
For example:
the image is 18.375" X 12.250", the image is pretty and high resolution, and am happy to put it on my book cover/back, but i need to shrink it down to 12.250" X 9.250". If i for example manually change the width in the image to 12" (from 18.375"), gimp automatically changes the height to 8", and if i were to change the height to 9", it would change the width to 8"...
I understand that i could use the crop tool, but if i can't manipulate the image to specific size, then the program is not useful for this purpose.