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Subject:Re: QUESTION No. of pixels per cm? From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- MAIL -dot- BC -dot- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Tue, 4 Nov 1997 23:10:39 -0800
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997 17:17:14 +1100, Sonja Draeger wrote:
>Help please. I'm creating a cover in Paint Shop Pro. It only talks =
>pixels and I only talk cms. Can someone please tell me how many pixels =
>there are in one centimeter?=20
>Thanks.
>Sonja
Hi Sonja. Your conversion depends entirely on the resolution you're
working at. At, say, 300 DPI (dots per inch), a common printer
resolution, one cm (~0.4in) would equal about 120 pixels.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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