proportion wheel and resolution calculator

What will be the effective resolution of your image after you scale it up or down in your layout application? How much scaling does an image need to reach a particular size? Find out with Knight Printing’s handy-dandy proportion wheel and effective resolution calculator!

Proportion Wheel

Proportion Wheel Instructions

Functions just like a traditional proportion wheel! Fill in the original dimensions (width and height) and either the reproduction width or reproduction height and click Calculate to receive the final reproduction dimension and the reproduction percentage, or fill in the original dimensions (width and height) and the reproduction percentage and click Calculate to receive the reproduction width and reproduction height.

Effective Resolution Calculator

Resolution Calculator Instructions

Fill in the original DPI and the reduction or enlargement percentage and click Calculate to receive the new, modified DPI. This is a good way of determining the effective resolution of your image after it is scaled up or down, for instance, a 300 DPI image, scaled 200% is not going to output at 300 DPI, but will instead output at an effective resolution of 150 DPI! Save yourself stress and worries about the quality of the images in your layout, use the Knight Printing Effective Resolution Calculator!