Timeline for I need some help understanding DPI
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| Nov 21, 2022 at 18:02 | comment | added | porg | @Cai: In the context of printing to paper we are talking DPI (dots per inch). If we talk about the density of screens we are talking about PPI (pixels per inch). | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:46 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 9, 2017 at 23:12 | vote | accept | Ziggletooth | ||
| Jan 9, 2017 at 17:07 | comment | added | Ziggletooth | I understand now. Its used to relate pixels to a print size and has nothing to do with some inherent quality of the image. So if I wanted to double the quality I could of made my designs 1644x2244 pixels at 600DPI and that would give me the same physical size as 822x1122 pixels at 300DPI which all relates to 2.74x3.74 inches. Thanks for all your help. | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 16:39 | comment | added | Scribblemacher | Lots of good information here, except you never mentioned how to access DPI settings in GIMP (Image > Print size). I think seeing and fiddling with the print size in GIMP can help someone understand what it really means. | |
| Jan 9, 2017 at 16:29 | history | answered | Cai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |