Change Image Quality on GIMP

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Video: Change Image Quality on GIMP

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to change image quality in GIMP ion Windows 7.

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   You should have GIMP open and an image ready to use

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   You can refer to our other tutorials to find out exactly how to do that.

   

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   You may need to move "Toolbox" to see the menu

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   First, click "Image" on the horizontal menu at the top of the window

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   Click "Print Size..."

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   This option is located about halfway through the drop-down menu.

   

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   You can choose the print resolution in the dialogue box that appears

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   Although it says "Set Image Print Resolution", which is a high value, you can select different resolutions. You can change "Width" and "Height" by manually typing values.

   

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   You can also use the up and down arrows on the right-hand side of the text boxes to change all of the values

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   Change the unit by clicking the smaller box with a drop-down menu next to "Height"

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   Click the unit

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   With the "X resolution" and "Y resolution", you can click the connected chain on the right side

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   This will allow you to edit resolutions separately.

   

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    You can click the drop-down unit menu

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    Then, click a unit of measurement.

    

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    For "X resolution" and "Y resolution", you can manually type the specified units or use the arrows to change the resolution

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    This will automatically update the size of the image.

    

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    If you click "Reset", then all of the changes that you have made will be cleared

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    If you click "Cancel", then no changes will be made

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    You will be taken back to the original image.

    

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    Clicking "OK" will apply the changes to the image

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    The image will be resized. If you make a small image large, then the quality might be poor.

    

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