Free tools for artists
Print size calculator
Before you order prints of your work, check the file is big enough. Enter its size in pixels, or choose the image, and see how large it prints sharp — or work out the pixels a print size needs.
The answer
Example — change any figure4,000 × 3,000 pixels · shape 4 : 3
Best · 300 DPI
33.8 × 25.4
cm · Fine art and photo prints, seen up close
Very good · 240 DPI
42.3 × 31.7
cm · Giclée prints and posters
Large prints · 150 DPI
67.7 × 50.8
cm · Seen from across a room
On standard paper
- A5484 DPIBest
- A4342 DPIBest
- A3242 DPIVery good
- A2171 DPILarge prints
- A1121 DPIToo small
- A085 DPIToo small
- 8 × 10 in375 DPIBest
- 11 × 14 in273 DPIVery good
- 16 × 20 in188 DPILarge prints
- 24 × 36 in111 DPIToo small
Fitted inside each paper without cropping. If the shapes differ, the print has a margin on two sides.
Good to know
300, 240 or 150?
300 DPI for prints people hold or see close up. 240 is what most giclée printers work at. 150 is fine for a large print seen from across a room.
Scan it, if you can
A flatbed scan at 600 DPI of a piece on paper gives a file you can print at twice the size. For canvas, photograph it square-on in even daylight, with the camera's largest setting.
Don't stretch a small file
Enlarging a file in software does not add detail; it only adds pixels. If a size comes up too small, photograph or scan the work again at a higher resolution.
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Your work, photographed and kept, at full size
ArtFlow keeps the original file of every photograph you add, at full quality — and its free enhancer straightens and colour-corrects it first.