Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate increases PNG size x10 !

2010-06-24 Thread Philip Rhoades
Chris, On 2010-06-25 02:54, Chris Mohler wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> Confirmation of what is going on from the gurus would be appreciated! > > It was as I guessed - the scans are in grayscale mode but the contents > are essentially a 1-bit image. > > Open a

Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate increases PNG size x10 ! - resending

2010-06-24 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, I am resending this - the firsts attempt with the attachment didn't make it apparently . . I can provide it if anyone is interested . . On 2010-06-24 10:08, Chris Mohler wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Leon Brooks > wrote: >> If the image is text or something else essentiall

Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate increases PNG size x10 !

2010-06-24 Thread Chris Mohler
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Philip Rhoades wrote: > Confirmation of what is going on from the gurus would be appreciated! It was as I guessed - the scans are in grayscale mode but the contents are essentially a 1-bit image. Open a scan, do image->mode->bitmap, choose 1-bit palette. Then ro

Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate increases PNG size x10 !

2010-06-24 Thread Claus Cyrny
Chris Mohler wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Leon Brooks wrote: If the image is text or something else essentially monochrome Or image->mode, bitmap, 1-bit palette should drastically reduce the file size. I suspect that the 'line art' setting in xsane is producing a grayscale