Why are Bitmaps so HUGE

Fersus

Hi everyone!

I wanted to make a map of where I travelled on my last holiday. So I followed the live mapping session about real world data, which worked like a charm. Now I want to import pictures of where I went. I just drag and dropped them, after I cut them down to 1500x1500px (or about 3x3 inches when printed), but they appear HUGE in the map. I've to reduce them by a factor of about 100 or more to get them to a useable size.

Is there a setting somewhere that let's me choose the planned print size and quality, so imported pictures are about 1/25 of the maps size?

thanks in advance!

Loopysue

If you use Draw -> Insert file, you can import the bitmaps and decide at that point how big they will be by the placement of the corners with the cursor.

CC then asks you for the first corner, and then the second corner. If you have a snap grid turned on you can put them down at any exact size you want.

I don't know if there are any settings you can alter for the result of drag and drop.

Kertis Henderson

@Loopysue you just saved me lots of time in the future. Thanks!

Fersus

thanks @Loopysue I'll try that!