Re: Paint - resolution

From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:11:05 +0100

"t.cruise" <t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com> wrote:

>MS Paint is a simple freebie Windows accessory. Paint only has basic functions. The
>default DPI for images that YOU CREATE is 94x94. As far as I know there is no way WITHIN
>the applet to change that. You want to change the resolution with an applet that doesn't
>even have a toolbar button for adjusting contrast. You're looking for functions that a
>REAL image editor would have.

You can set the starting resolution in the registry. With regedit.exe
open to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View

and in the right pane double click on BMPWidth and BMPHeight, in each
case select Decimal before entering the Width/Height you want, in
pixels, as default

The DPI is that set for your screen, so the physical size on the screen
will be these values divided by that (96, not 94 as standard) 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)