If you’ve ever made a canvas and stared at the DPI setting like it’s some kind of ancient curse, this video is me de-mystifying it. I explain what DPI actually is (dots per inch), why in a purely digital workflow it’s basically the wrong term (PPI is more accurate), and why most of the internet advice around “72 DPI for web” or “300 DPI makes your file huge” is… not how it works. In pixels? DPI does absolutely nothing. I even show two canvases with wildly different DPI values that are literally identical in pixel dimensions and file size. Where DPI does matter is printing (it changes the physical print size, not the pixel data) and when you create a canvas using inches/centimeters (because then the program uses DPI to calculate how many pixels you’re generating). I break down the math with real examples, plus some practical printing guidelines: around 300 DPI for things you hold close, ~150 DPI for posters viewed from farther away, and even lower for massive stuff like billboards. My main takeaway: stop panicking about DPI, focus on pixel dimensions, and only worry about DPI when you’re translating your art into real-world inches.