>Oh dear, this is what happens with no planning. Good in one way, your >image has a resolution of 600ppi, a little over-the-top but better >than too low a value. For sending to a printer 300 ppi is suitable >unless they ask for more. Leave it as 600 ppi and see what happens. > >always a but... > >You will be better off starting from scratch using all the tools that >Gimp provides, layers, layer-mask, gimp guides, selections. Trying to >modify the existing image will end up, less than wonderful. > >The patterns are standard Gimp, sky and pine, however the sky pattern >does not extend outside the 'safe area' and the other colours and >pattern do. > >Attached, is a scaled up to 600 ppi template with the image recreated. >If you turn on the guides, View menu -> Show Guides, you will see, >plenty of them. Get in the habit of using them. These only exist in >Gimp, they are not printed. > >For adding text, put your text layers under mask layer, there is one >there already as an indicator. > >When complete and ready for printing, turn off the visibility of the >top layer. That will leave only the crop marks used by the printer. >Rounded corners are part of the printing process, cut out by the >printing company. > >rich: www.gimp-forum.net
Thank you for the help. I need copy a lot of elements from original image to new image in template: should I paste every element as new layer? -- kvasar (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
