Drag-&-dropped bitmaps downscaled, why?

Question

Using Freehand 11.0.2.
When I drag-&-drop a .bmp file from Windows Explorer into
Freehand, it
shows up just fine, except Freehand decides to downscale it
for some reason.
For example, a 486x450 bitmap is downscaled to 364.5x337.5
(i.e. 75% scale)
when I drag-&-drop the .bmp file into Freehand. There is
noticeable image
quality loss due to the downscaling. The downscale factor is
always 75%.
Happens with TIFF files as well. Doesn't matter whether I'm
linking or
embedding.
What's going on?

Answer 1

ngroupuser wrote:
> However, the _pixel_ dimensions in Freehand are 365 x
338. I don't care about
> points or inches - I need the pixel dimensions in
Freehand to match the
> original bitmap's (i.e. 486 x 450). Like I said, I'm
still stumped.
First, understand that a raster image has a pixel count, and
it contains
dimensions, measured in inches (or centimeters or points) and
it has a
resolution which is the ratio of pixels per inch or ppi.
You are ignoring how FreeHand handles images. You have to
understand that
FreeHand places images according the the dimensions
(measurements) set in
the image file.
If I place a 300 ppi, 2 x 3 inch image, it will place as 2 x
3 inches in FH,
not 600 x 900 points. All the pixels will be used in printing
or EPS export,
but will not display at 100% view in FreeHand.
If you want your 96 ppi images to display at 72 pixels per
inch, which is
the native display ratio in FH, then you have two choices.
1. Within FH, scale the 96 ppi images. You can do this
accurately by using
the scale panel and entering 96/72*100. Press 'Scale". This
will scale by
133.33%.
Or
2. Open the files in an image editor and, without resampling
(without
changing the number of pixels), change the image *resolution*
to 72 ppi.
Save. Place this file in FH.
Judy Arndt