images inserted into LibreOffice

**Buntu Bunny** · August 11th, 2014

I have a LibreOffice document that requires a few images to be inserted. I prepared them in Gimp. Some of them look just fine in LO, but a few are fuzzy, even though they look crystal clear in Gimp and Image Viewer. Any ideas?

**vasa1** · August 11th, 2014

Maybe some image properties need to be tweaked? Are all the images the same size and format?

~~If they aren't too large, you could attach them here to a reply.~~

**Buntu Bunny** · August 11th, 2014

Originally Posted by vasa1

Maybe some image properties need to be tweaked? Are all the images the same size and format?

~~If they aren't too large, you could attach them here to a reply.~~

Thanks for responding vasa1. They are attached. Intended purpose of the document is for an eBook. Pixel size, file size, and resolution are as I want. I just don't understand why the clarity softens in LO.

**ofnuts** · August 13th, 2014

Rescaling text (even downscaling) always softens it, especially when the change of scale isn't too big.

"Pixel size, file size, and resolution are as I want", maybe, but do you want the correct things?

**Buntu Bunny** · August 13th, 2014

Originally Posted by ofnuts

Rescaling text (even downscaling) always softens it, especially when the change of scale isn't too big.

True, but the softening is usually seen immediately, i.e. before exporting out of Gimp. In this case, the exported images remain clear; it isn't until they are imported to LO that they soften. A third image which was resized did not change in clarity.

"Pixel size, file size, and resolution are as I want", maybe, but do you want the correct things?

Since I'm not asking for anything I haven't successfully done before, I'm not sure what else to want.

**ofnuts** · August 13th, 2014

I suspect LO to rescale the images, unless they are produced at the very size in pixels needed for print (given print definition for LO and image formatting in LO).

**Buntu Bunny** · August 14th, 2014

I'm thinking the problem lies with LO too. The document is for an eBook, and actually, I'm way below my allotted MB limit, so perhaps I should play around with the resolution and see if that makes a difference for the better.

**Buntu Bunny** · August 14th, 2014

Ok. I increased resolution to the style guide's recommended 96 pixels / inch, increased size to the recommended 500 pixels in width, and then sharpened the image by 30. Proof came back and it looks much better. Whew.