Re: [magick-users] Loss of JPEG resolution info

Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]> Thu, 1 May 2003 08:53:25 -0500 (CDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.graphicsmagick.announce,gmane.comp.video.image-magick.user
Message-ID <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305010852480.15166-100000@scooby.simplesystems.org>
On Thu, 1 May 2003, Jeff Spirko wrote:
>
> > 72 is a reasonable default.
> > ..the current behavior seems reasonable as I understand you.
>
> > I wouldn't change the default behavior.
>
> I would fix it.  Most people who use jpgs don't care about the
> resolution, just the image size in pixels.  Those who do surely want
> to preserve this metadata.  It should still be possible to override
> it with -density.
>
> Does (or will) identify report the resolution of a jpg?

Provided that the resolution is in the JPEG header, then yes, the
resolution is reported correctly.

Bob
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