Hmm, that's interesting. So is that what DPI means--is dots per inch the same as pixels per inch? Okay so I have the original photograph open in gimp--it's a JPG, and 600 x 450 pixels. When I go to scale image, I see that the X and Y resolution is set at 96 pixels / inch. But if I set it to 200 pixe...

Hi, there. I'm new at tracing and just read the QuickStart help guide on this, but still have a question. So I have a bitmap file--it's a screen shot of a GoogleMap and I'm trying to trace it to turn it into a vector file. I'm using the straight path tool and have figured out how to create paths, an...

Okay, thanks. I'm going to play around with some of those tutorials and see if they help. In the meantime though I'm still having some major photo importing problems. My original photos are in .jpg and .bmp formats, and pretty large. I'm sure they'd print great if printed at regular size, but when I...

Got it, thanks. So if I do a trace of the Google Map, for example, how do I go in and edit it afterwards? I.e. could you point me in the direction of what tool to use, what I do with it, etc.? Do I literally manually trace over the existing lines and then somehow make the blurry background disappear...

Okay, that's helpful, thanks. In the meanwhile, I've been playing around with Trace Bitmap. It seems to be sort of working for the Googlemaps image, but only if I set it to "multiple scans" and "colors," and have been seeing how many scans I can do before my computer freezes! It ...

Hi, there. I'm very new to the world of vectors and have managed with GIMP so far in my life, but now I am designing a brochure and the images I'm importing just are not working out so I'm taking a crack at this for the first time. Here's my main question: Can you create a vector file from a pre-exi...