size of embedded drawings in md documents?

[Stefan-59]

To me it seems, as if any drawing is resized (zoom+ or zoom-) so it fit's the size set in the settings under 'Default width of embedded (transcluded) image.

In your (wonderful!) video about creating the 'book on a page' there were some smaller images:

Are these embedded PNG or also Excalidraw?
If the latter, how did you manage to display them smaller than the other images?

Stefan

[Stefan-59]

I just realized, that the height of the embedded drawing seems to be dependent of the width and height of the image.

Is it possible to avoid that the single (small) icon is zoomed that much?
Can I zoom down large images but not zoom up small images?

[Stefan-59]

Yes, it is possible, I found out myseld (RTFM 😜)
I simply add the desired size (i.e. '|150') and that's it. Too simple...

[mwtindol]

I'm fairly new to Excalidraw but in my short time of using it I'm primary embedding files that also contain embedded images I want to display. I have used the '|width x length' method to resize the embed in the drawing but my image scaling and text scaling seem to always be odds with one another. I literally spent hours chasing my tail trying to get things just right. Finally, I stumbled upon resizing the image directly in the file I was embedding in my Excalidraw drawing. That provided a bit more control over the scaling in Excalidraw.
What you're seeing below is a embedded image within an embed file within a drawing. Note how the text and image in the drawing are still a bit stretched. At some point I decided this was "good enough". Hope this helps others.