#dpi

hello i need help on the dpi size of a canvas i use krita i usally use a4 size with 300 dpi but whenever i post it it ends up blurry in some certain websites including this one pls helpp???

Generally you want at least 300dpi for printing, I personally like to go higher just in case I want to print larger than anticipated!"

*In general- Some specific software may have reasons to use specific DPI in a pixel canvas, such as text clarity or brush size. But if you know that, you know this. Some tutorials I've been seeing and TikToks popped up on my feed have been confusing for people setting up their DPI settings and canvas settings and I was asked about this. When you set up a canvas and print something the dots per inch (the DPI!) will determine the amount of pixels your canvas has and the clarity your print has. Each printer has a max, inkjet printers may range from (what your software will call) 300 to 720 DPI. Setting your canvas to 600DPI if your printer is 300 max will not better your print. ((for the purpose of simple settings- Getting into line tones and half tones and how printers have like 9kDPI and can have different DPI in the print head axis direction is unimportant to the beginner artist-printer)) An 8.5x11 inch canvas with 600DPI is 5100x6600 pixels This will look good printed on 8.5x11 paper, perhaps even upscaled at small poster size if its very successful! A canvas set to 612x792 pixels at 72DPI is also an 8.5x11 size paper, but it will end up pixelated. If you bump the DPI to 300 but leave the canvas at 612x792 pixels, It will still be unclear. Its only clear at 2x2.5 inches when printed! (Also note that your monitor has its own PPI (pixels per inch!) and if its low, when you zoom out on any screen your art may look pixelated.) So what's the solution? That depends on what you're doing with your art! If you're printing, learn your frame sizes, paper sizes and conversions. Maybe you're only planning for a mini-print, but what if its really good? Will you want to be able to print it as a poster later? 300 DPI at the end product size may not be enough to print it bigger later. I would recommend setting up your canvases in the measurement unit of your paper at 300/600/1200 DPI as your machine is capable of. If your doing digital and have no intentions of printing it depends- If you are having trouble with not reaching the clarity you want and still want to use pixel canvases, you can use a ratio calculator to figure out how much to increase your pixel canvas if you want to keep your canvas height to width aspect ratio. And of course! You don't have to listen yo me at all if your don't want to, If you're satisfied- its not a problem.

(setting my dpi to the proper value of 144 still makes everything way too small)

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