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angular_detail5FC4
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January 9, 2024
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300 dpi Hi Resolution Images for commercial use

  • January 9, 2024
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The images that are generated using Firefly are stated as "can be used for commercial use" however the resolution and quality are very very low.  When will there be an option or when will the resolution of the images be Hi-Res 300 dpi?  I am surprised that Adobe is behind on this as MidJourney and Dall-E-2 are both doing this easily.  

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rayek.elfin
Legend
March 24, 2024

Sigh. @angular_detail5FC4 @Catherine34863218ezjo @Robert36268190ji1a 

 

What Monika is trying to tell you all is that you should not worry about 300PPI or 300DPI. Don't get hung up on that particular value: PPI or DPI means absolute nothing without knowing at what size the image is to be printed (on paper) and whether the image is continuous tone (colour or grayscale) or pure black and white.

 

Basically you calculate the required resolution of a to be printed colour or grayscale image with the simple formula (width in inches * 300) by (height in inches * 300) = required pixels for width and height respectively.

 

So... If you require a "high resolution 300 DPI image" without stating the size at which you mean to print it, it means nothing. It's meaningless babble. Gobbledegook. Balderdash.

 

For example. A 1 inch (2.54 cm) square colour image printed at 300DPI requires a mere 300 by 300 pixels.

 

Firefly's square colour images are output at 2048px width and height. Enough for a 17cm printed image.

4x3 proportioned images are enough for 15.172 cm by 19.507cm (1792px by 2304px).

 

If those max print sizes prove insufficient for you, please share with us here what exact printed resolution you'd like to see supported. Because merely stating "it isn't producing sufficiently high resolution images at 300DPI" is twaddly twaddly fiddle-faddle blathering flapdoodle. Bosh even.

 

If you know what I mean 😜

Participating Frequently
June 26, 2025

Put simply. When is Firefly going to offer a feature where you can choose the DPI at whatever image size Firefly outputs!! DPI does count! a 5x7 inch image at 72DPI is fine for web. That same 5x7 image would need to be 300DPI for print. Currently, Firefly only offers 72DPI images.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 26, 2025

Have you read the complete thread?

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 9, 2024

300 ppi says nothing about the quality of an image.

What's important is the number of pixels in it.

Participant
January 17, 2024

I am also having trouble with this issue. What dpi are the downloaded images? If I want to print the images I create don't I need 300dpi?

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 18, 2024

You need a certain size in pixels.

The resolution is just metadata that can be easily adjusted in Photoshop or other image editors.