GDI +：更改DPI

Question

I have two points that i need be to be clarifief on :

• changing image DPI from 200 to 100 does it mean that i have to resize the image by half or i could keep the actual dimensions but decrease the DPI.

• I herd that GDI+ could be a nice alternative to change the image DPI, i googled in that way but i found no example showing how to change the DPI with GDI+.

Any Idea about those questions, and thank you.

Answer 1

Changing the dpi of an existing image doesn't make much sense. It records the resolution of the device that created the image. So that it can be displayed at the same physical size on another device with a different dpi setting. Which is how an image you drew in a painting program on a monitor with 96 dpi doesn't turn into a postage stamp one-sixth the size when you print it on a printer with 600 dpi resolution.

By changing it in your code when you already have the image, you are basically trying to change the characteristics of the device that created the image. That doesn't make sense, your code cannot reach back and, say, change the CCD in the camera or change the monitor resolution.

It's just a reference number.

You can display or print the image at any size you want, it doesn't have to match the original size.