Can I tweak any settings to get JPEGS and BMPs to open the right size or do they always open 10X larger than they should?

There's an explanation in FAQ Why do images 'grow' when imported into Inkscape?

Thanks for the link at least I know why now

By the way, I cannot find any indicator of the current size of an imported image in relation to the actual one. For example, I expected the selector toolbar to indicate that the selected image (let's say jpg) is W:50%, H:75%, which would mean to me I reduced size and lost proportions considering the same image open in external editor. On the contrary, it keeps saying 100% for both W and H no matter how I resize it, or adjusting current size if I set other measure units.

Is there any other bar or box showing this?

I couldn't find any topic on this at the manual nor the web, hope it's not because of being too obvious. Thanks very much in advance.

Marcelo wrote:On the contrary, it keeps saying 100% for both W and H no matter how I resize it

The percentage is relative to it's current size. Since it's current size is always current then it's always 100% I guess the idea is that you can still type in 50%, even though as soon as the value is applied it changes to 100%.

Anyway, the only solution I can think of it to take note of the original pixel size for your JPG and change your unit to px when doing transformations.

Thanks so much for your answer. At least I know that's the end of my search for this.

Sorry if it should go in the discussion forums instead of here, but... isn't it a little unlogic that you have the current size of the image twice (at the selection tool bar and at the transform box/scale dialogue), and never the actual one?. I feel it's kind of overlapping functions while lacking a very important reference (an old regular feature in mostly all equivalent programmes, by the way).

Thanks again.

(For the rest, Inkscape is great to me anyway; and some features just the best).