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### 18.12. Display

Display Preferences

This page lets you customize the way transparent parts of an image are represented, and lets you recalibrate the resolution of your monitor.

#### Options

Transparency

Transparency type

  By default, GIMP indicates transparency using a checkerboard pattern with mid-tone checks, but you can change this if you want, either to a different type of checkerboard, or to solid black, white, or gray.

Check size

  Here you can alter the size of the squares in the checkerboard pattern used to indicate transparency.

#### Get Monitor Resolution

Monitor Resolution

  Monitor Resolution is the ratio of pixels, horizontally and vertically, to inches. You have three ways to proceed here:

  - Get Resolution from windowing system. (easiest, probably inaccurate).

  - Set Manually

  - Push the Calibrate Button.

The Calibrate Dialog

  The Calibration dialog

  My monitor was impressively off when I tried the Calibrate Dialog. The "Calibrate Game" is fun to play. You will need a soft ruler.

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