[ale] OpenOffice - pixel-for-pixel image insert

Jeff Hubbs jhubbslist at att.net
Wed May 5 13:17:13 EDT 2010


I think it is limited to screen, now that I've experimented with it 
more.  I wouldn't expect a mechanism further out than OOo because if I 
blow the page up to insane magnification, I'm seeing something insanely 
interpolated to match. :)

On 5/5/10 10:57 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> OK. Is it a display issue with the screen or does it print that way? 
> The screen rendering may be the culprit with anti-aliasing futzing things.
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     My bad. Left out "Picture". But it sounds like your OOo is nicely
>     broken on image management.
>
>     On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net
>     <mailto:jhubbslist at att.net>> wrote:
>
>         That's not at all what I get.
>
>         If I insert a picture and choose one that I know has sharp
>         single black pixels - let's say it's 647x555 - it goes in as
>         6.75" wide and 5.79" high.  If I right-click I don't get
>         "Original Size" in the popup but I do get "Picture..." and
>         there is an "Original Size" button there.  If I click it,
>         though, nothing happens.  The picture object on the page has
>         clearly been blown up and interpolated; my sharp black pixel
>         areas now have fuzzy areas.
>
>
>
>
>         On 5/4/10 4:45 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>         Not directly on insert. But right-click and choose "Original
>>         Size" will reset it.
>>
>>         I have v. 3.1.1 and it didn't rescale the thumbnail I tested
>>         with. But a huge image was scaled down to be close to the
>>         margin sides.
>>
>>         On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Jeff Hubbs
>>         <jhubbslist at att.net <mailto:jhubbslist at att.net>> wrote:
>>
>>             Seems no matter what I do, OpenOffice scales up and
>>             interpolates images
>>             to near margin width when you first insert them.  Anyone
>>             know how to
>>             keep that from happening?
>>
>>             - Jeff
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