Thanks very much, Buck and Aaron, for your informative explanations.
> On Jul 1, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Aaron F. Ross wrote:
>
> No, Gene, that's the absolute number of pixels, not the size of the image
> when printed.
>
> "DPI" is the number of dots per inch. It should actually be referred to as
No, Gene, that's the absolute number of pixels,
not the size of the image when printed.
"DPI" is the number of dots per inch. It should
actually be referred to as "PPI" or pixels per
inch. (DPI is number of printer ink dots, which
is different from the size of a pixel.)
PPI is a setting in
Hi Gene,
The dimensions you quoted look like pixel dimensions.
DPI is a term from the printing industry that refers to a physical
manifestation (dots per inch). It doesn't really apply to digital
manifestations of an image. The corresponding digital term would be ppi
(pixels per inch) which is an a
Friends, am I assuming correctly that when you “get info” about the properties
of an online photo, “dimensions” (i.e., 400 x 500) refers to DPI?
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