Change image DPI

Set a JPEG or PNG's DPI tag to 300 or any other value a print shop or portal needs. The pixels are not touched.

100% private — your photos are processed in your browser and never leave your device.

This only rewrites a tag in the file. The pixels stay exactly as they are; nothing about the picture's quality changes.

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Changing a file's DPI is not a photo edit. It is one number in a tag, changed while every pixel stays exactly where it was.

What DPI actually is

DPI, dots per inch, tells a printer how densely to pack the pixels you already have onto paper. A 3000 by 3000 pixel photo prints at 10 inches across at 300 DPI, or at 30 inches across at 100 DPI. The pixel count never moves; only the printed size and the tag describing it do.

Why a portal or print shop cares

Many document portals, exam boards and print shops check the DPI tag before they check anything else about the file. A photo that would print perfectly well gets rejected because the tag reads 72 instead of 300, a number left over from the camera or app that produced it. PIXLFLW sets that number to whatever the form asks for, usually 300, and leaves the picture untouched.

What this does not do

It does not sharpen the photo, does not add detail, and does not make a small image usable at a larger size. If the file is genuinely too small for the print size a form wants, the fix is a bigger photo, not a bigger DPI number.

How it works

Drop a JPEG or PNG into the studio above. It reads whatever DPI is already stored, in the JFIF header, the EXIF data or the PNG pHYs chunk, and shows you the value and which record it came from. Enter the number you need, usually 300, and it rewrites the file with that tag set and downloads the result. Nothing leaves your browser at any point.

If the file has no DPI tag at all, that is stated plainly rather than treated as an error. Plenty of images never had one written.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

01Does changing the DPI change the image quality?

No. Changing the DPI tag does not touch a single pixel. The file decodes exactly the same way before and after, at the same resolution and the same compression, because nothing about the image data itself was rewritten, only a number in the header.

02What is 300 DPI and why do portals and print shops ask for it?

DPI stands for dots per inch, a tag that tells a printer how many pixels to pack into each inch of paper. Many print shops, passport portals and document systems check that tag and reject a file that says something other than 300, even when the actual pixel count would print just fine. Setting the tag to 300 satisfies that check without changing the picture.

03How do I find out the DPI of my own file?

Drop it into the studio above before you change anything. It reads the DPI value already stored in the file and tells you which record it came from, or says plainly that the file has no DPI tag at all.

04Are my photos uploaded to a server?

No. PIXLFLW runs entirely in your browser: images are opened, edited and exported locally on your device and are never uploaded, stored or seen by anyone.

05Is it really free? Are there watermarks or limits?

Yes, completely free — no sign-up, no watermarks and no daily limits. The only practical limit is your browser memory for very large files (up to 20 MB per image).