Dr. Phil for Photoshop

Hot Stuff

Weekly Contest - Expression Studio
1 Winner Selected
The Big Picture Magazine - FREE
Real-world solutions to design challenges
Get Creative Videocast
New every week. Watch what's important to you.

All relationships are complex, but there's nothing more confusing than the complicated relationship between megapixels, file size, image size, and print size. Julieanne Kost and Daniel Brown explain the difference and advise you on the best sizes for scanning, printing (for both a desktop printer and a press), slideshows, and Web sites.

Written by Daniel Brown Julieanne Kost on May 10, 2006

Categories: Camera Equipment, Graphics, Graphics Image Editing, Photo Image Editing, Photography Equipment, Web/Mobile, Features

Related Reading

Courtesy of Adobe Evangelists

Are you confused about the connection between megapixels, image file size, and print dimensions? Most people are, even when they think they understand all the ins and outs.

That's where this article comes in. In language that's easy to understand but based on sound facts, Julieanne Kost and Daniel Brown help you not only grasp the technicalities, they'll also tell you how to accomplish practical tasks, such as printing at the right resolution.

We've posted this article as a PDF file. To open the PDF file in your Web browser, click "Images." You can also download the PDF to your machine for later viewing.

To open the PDF, you'll need Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader. To download Acrobat Reader click below: