Pret-a-3D opened this issue on May 14, 2012 ยท 8453 posts
Reggie68 posted Wed, 07 November 2012 at 4:31 PM
DPI is dots per inch and refers to printers. Doesn't mean a lot in Reality.
You need to know what PPI (pixels per inch) you want, this changes with the optimum distance the print is viewed from.
A billboard poster could have a different PPI than a magazine advert but may have the same number of pixels.
To change the PPI, you just have to do the math.
Image size = physical size (inches) * desired PPI
So if you want a 6"x 4" photo at 200PPI, you want to render at 1200 x 800 pixels. For a 10x8 it would be 2000 x 1600 pixels.
I would suggest that you do some research on the settings people have used to print images similar to your desired result and go from there.