POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: about DPI and resolution....???? help !: Re: about DPI and resolution....???? help !

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From: kurtz le pirate
Date: 16 Sep 2005 10:40:44
Message: <kurtzlepirate-75BE60.16404416092005@news.povray.org>

In article <web.432ad3458a10e857703346660@news.povray.org>,
 "Dav_shef" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

::Hi everyone
::
::I need to create a picture with a specific size and resolution.
::I am Linux user so I have a .ini file which contains info like the picture
::size in pixels, e.g. :
::
::Width=4000
::Height=3200
::
::But, I don't how to set the resolution. I've actually been asked to create a
::picture with 300 DPI with a size of 213 x 161 mm
::
::How do I do that ?
::
::Cheers guys
::
::Dav

simple : 1 inch = 25.4 mm

213 mm -> 213/25.4 at 300dpi -> 300*213/25.4 = 2515
161 mm -> 161/25.4 at 300dpi -> 300*161/25.4 = 1901


:)
klp

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