Dpi or pixels per inch. l want to add more pixels to my photos without making th

Question: Dpi or pixels per inch!. l want to add more pixels to my photos without making the image smaller!?

in other words l can add more pixels but it makes the image smaller, why, instead of keeping it the same size!. More pixels per inch should not make the image bigger or smaller!. And when i bring it back to print size the pixels are back down!. Do you know of any photo editors that can do this!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Your camera has a set amount of pixels!. You can't add any and when you take a picture the camera itself doesnt subtract any unless your zooming in digitally (which is why optical zoom is better)!.

Lets just say, for an example, that your camera has 1000 pixels across and 800 down (yours probably has more but this is just an example)!. When you set the dpi to 300 ppi you just set the parameters for your pictures to be 3!.3"x2!.6"!. If you reset the ppi to 200, you then get a picture at 5"x4"!. You havent added any pixels or taken any away, you have just defined how many per inch you want to print!. at 100 ppi it's a 10"x8" picture that will look blocky and will not make anybody think it's art!.

Www@QuestionHome@Com

You can't add more pixels!. What is happening is this:

Photo that is 1024 pixels wide displayed or printed at 96 DPI will be 10!.66 inches wide!.

The same photo with the same number of pixels displayed or printed at 300 DPI will be 3!.41 inches wide!.

So, as you can see, the more dense (more dots per inch) you display or print a photo, the smaller it will be!.

If you print with fewer dots per inch, it may begin to look grainy where you can see the individual dots or pixels!.

A standard computer monitor displays images at 96 DPI or pixels per inch!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Your camera has a limited output!.

You can't add to the maximum capabilities of the memory space on the CMOS sensor!.

The largest resolution you can get is the RAW resolution which uses the most memory!.

You want more!.!.!. spend more for a higher capability recording device/camera!.

Www@QuestionHome@Com