: How to save an Illustrator document at a specific PPI and pixel size In Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 I have designed an illustration with the instructed dimension of 300 × 400 pixels, but I

@Turnbaugh909

Basically whoever instructed you to do this doesn't know what they are talking about. PPI has no affect on how anything is shown on a screen, only pixels matter.

If you absolutely have to submit a PNG at 96 PPI, simply...


Export from Illustrator at 100% 72 PPI.
Open the image in Photoshop.
Open the Image Size dialog (Image → Image Size...).
Uncheck "Resample Image".
Change "Resolution" to 96 Pixels/Inch.
OK then Save.

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@Vandalay110

There is no PPI in illustrator! PPI only makes sense for images not a page description language. What size is a pixel in a image that can be shown in a arbitrary size? Size of a pixel is thus arbitrary.

From this follows, that there is no pixel unit in illustrator! This is where the confusion stars as Ilustrator simply defines a pixel 1/72 th of an inch. The alternative solution would just make 100% zoom different in different documents which is more confusing. To really understand this you would need to unlearn 10-50% of your math education.

So you export your image at 72 ppi and change the metadata to say 96ppi. after export. Or dont design with pixel dimensions but physical ones.

PS: Just a general observation whenever there is a question here that mentions the words PPI/DPI and pixel in the same sentence you know somebody got it horribly wrong. PPI never really comes to play, unless you print and having a 300 by 400 pixel image for print makes no sense (except in very very special circumstances where you would not use illustrator).

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