Image DPI Checker
Check the DPI (Dots Per Inch) resolution of your images. Essential for determining print quality and ensuring your images meet specific resolution requirements.
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❓ How to Check Image DPI
Follow these simple steps to check the DPI (Dots Per Inch) of your images and ensure they meet your quality requirements.
Upload Your Image
Drag & drop or browse to select your JPG, PNG, WebP, or BMP images.
Automatic Analysis
Our tool instantly analyzes your image metadata to extract DPI information from EXIF data or PNG chunks.
Get Results
View detailed DPI information, quality assessment, and recommendations for your specific use case.
🤔 Why DPI Matters
Understanding DPI is crucial for ensuring your images look perfect across different media and applications.
Print Quality
Higher DPI ensures crisp, professional prints. 300 DPI is the gold standard for high-quality printing, while 150 DPI works for standard documents.
Web Display
For web use, 72-96 DPI is typically sufficient. Higher DPI images load slower and consume more bandwidth without visible quality improvement on screens.
Photography
Professional photographers need to understand DPI for portfolio prints, client deliverables, and exhibition displays to maintain image integrity.
Mobile Optimization
Mobile devices have varying screen densities. Understanding DPI helps optimize images for different device types and screen resolutions.
Visual Clarity
Proper DPI ensures text remains readable, details stay sharp, and images maintain their intended visual impact across different viewing contexts.
File Size Balance
Checking DPI helps balance image quality with file size, ensuring optimal performance without compromising visual standards.
DPI Standards & Guidelines
Choose the right DPI for your specific use case to ensure optimal quality and performance.
High Quality
- Professional printing
- Marketing materials
- Photography prints
- Magazine quality
Standard Quality
- Office documents
- Basic printing
- Newsletters
- Draft prints
Web Quality
- Website images
- Social media
- Email attachments
- Screen display
Technical Information
Learn how our DPI checker works and understand the technical aspects of image resolution.
How It Works
PNG Images: Extracts DPI from pHYs (Physical Pixel Dimensions) chunks in the image metadata
JPEG Images: Reads EXIF data to find XResolution and YResolution values
Unit Conversion: Automatically converts between pixels per meter, pixels per inch, and pixels per centimeter
Fallback: Uses 72 DPI default when no metadata is available
Supported Formats
Privacy: All processing happens in your browser. Images are never uploaded to our servers.
💡 Image DPI Checker FAQs
Yes, our online Image DPI Checker is completely free to use for everyone, with no hidden costs or subscriptions. Enjoy unlimited image DPI Check without any fees, making it the best free image DPI Checker available.
We support popular image formats including JPEG, PNG, WebP and BMP.
You can change DPI metadata, but this doesn't add detail to the image. To truly increase resolution, you need to resample or recreate the image at a higher resolution.
Upload your images you want to analyse. The DPI of your image will be ready for check within seconds.
DPI (Dots Per Inch) refers to printer resolution, while PPI (Pixels Per Inch) refers to screen resolution. For digital images, these terms are often used interchangeably.
72 DPI is used as a fallback when no resolution metadata exists in the image — a common default for web images.
Not necessarily. Higher DPI increases file size and loading time. Choose DPI based on your intended use: 300+ for print, 72-96 for web display.