: 3 x 5 ft banner, what size does my photographs need to be? Help! I have a 3 x 5 ft banner I'm making but I'm not sure about the photograph they want included. How do I know if the

@Gloria351

The size of your photograph will be be different depending on the DPI you are printing at. DPI = dots per inch. So if you are printing at 300 DPI you will need:

300 dpi * 5 feet * 12 inches = 18,000px
300 dpi * 3 feet * 12 inches = 10,800px


However, this is WAY more than 14mp! I recommend printing at 72 DPI for large prints, it will still look fine and your image will actually fit.

72 dpi * 5 feet * 12 inches = 4,320px
72 dpi * 3 feet * 12 inches = 2,592px


This translates to about 14mp.

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