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Etapas UseR
Asked: 2018-09-28 13:45:11 +0800 CST

Ubuntu graphic designers: Why the strokes look pixelated when I print on paper using Gimp?

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When I print on A3 or A4 paper looks pixelated, the same for the text manipulation. I use to save designs to .pdf or .tiff and then I open them on Illustrator and modify things, but I don´t want to do that. I love Gimp! I know it´s not a 100% ubuntu question but I guess some ubuntu graphic designers on Linux will have experienced this problem. Thanks!

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  1. Best Answer

    Gimp is a bitmap editor where images are made of pixels. Check the print definition (Image>Print size in Gimp). Below 150PPI things will look pixellated.

    Illustrator is a vector graphics editor, if you want to edit vector graphics with perfect scaling, use Inkscape.

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