Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 12/04/05 12:29

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:07:25 -0800, Onideus Mad Hatter
<usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:47:37 +0100, Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote:
>
>>In article <fpl4p15o3a61cktbqu33591chsuj3cj02t@4ax.com>,
>> Onideus Mad Hatter <usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What's 100 dpi converted to ppi?
>>>
>>> Oh yeah, ONE HUNDRED! You fuckwitted MORON!
>>
>>What do you have to take to get as stupid as you?
>>
>>DPI = Dots Per Inch
>>PPI = Pixels Per Inch
>>
>>DPI is used to measure the resolution of a printed image. How many dots per
>>inch should the inkjet output?
>>
>>PPI is used to measure the resolution of a monitor display. It can't be used to
>>describe an image resolution. Put up a 100x100 pixel image on your monitor,
>>measure with a ruler how big that 100x100 is on your monitor and you get the
>>PPI.
>>
>>In short, PPI has absolutely nothing to do with DPI. Nothing. I can have a 600
>>DPI 10x10 pixels big image on my 100 PPI screen.
>>
>>I'll go over it again:
>>
>>
>>The PPI of any given image displayed on screen is dependant on which screen it
>>is displayed on - it can only be altered by changing screen or changing your
>>screen resolution.
>>
>>The DPI of any given image says nothing about the image itself, only how big it
>>will end up when printed to a physical media.
>>
>>
>>This will, of course, fly way over your head.
>
>...why do you MORONS keep arguing against shit that I NEVER SAID!
>
>Look, Stupid...figure this out, all I'm saying is that if the DPI is
>100, then the PPI is gonna be 100...that's it, that's all I'm saying.
>And as such you can use them interchangeably. If someone tells you
>that an image is 72 PPI then YOU KNOW WHAT THE DPI IS! I'm not saying
>fuck all about how it's going to print or how it's going to look on
>the screen I'm ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE BASE NUMBERS.
>
>Think of it like this....10 albums on cassette tape are equal to 10
>identical CDs of the albums...not in their SIZE, obviously the CDs are
>smaller than the cassette tapes, but in THE NUMBER OF THEM. What part
>of that are you MORONS not grasping? I mean, it's not like I'm
>speakin a funny language here, plain simple sarcastic English last I
>checked.

Wait, wait, even better example...which weighs more...a ton of
bricks...or a ton of a feathers!

LOL

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