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How do I change the DPI or PPI of my image?

How do I change the DPI or PPI of my image? - Photoshop Tutorial

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How do I change the DPI or PPI of my image?

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- DPI or Dots Per Inch, is a common term used in the printing industry that denotes resolution. However, if you're working in Photoshop, it's actually PPI, or Pixels Per Inch, that you care about. The two are roughly related and understanding this resolution is important because it allows you to reassign how the picture will be printed. Let's take a look at an image. In this case, I have a Photoshop file and I want to check the original resolution. And you can see that down here at the bottom, if you click you can get some information about this file. For example, it's currently measuring about 42 inches by about 28 inches. However, the resolution is currently set to 72 pixels per inch, which would be adequate for screen, but not print. To change this we can go to the Image Size menu. Image, Image Size, and I'm going to uncheck the option here for Resample. In this case, you'll see that the width, height…

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