Higher PPI = More pixels?????

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Let me get this straight PPI is pixels per inch right? So if i reduce my PPI the image becomes more pixelated or what? How can i get more resolution if i have a LOW resolution and a High PPI? I don’t understand. I know that a higher PPI means a higher pixel density but doesn’t that equals more pixels?!? thereforE a larger X Y Resolution, i don’t get it

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PPI (or DPI, synonymous) measures how many pixels you’re displaying in the physical distance of 1 inch. Reducing it *while not changing the resolution of the image* means taking the same number of pixels but printing them less densely –> blowing up the image, possibly to the point of making it visibly pixelated. You can’t get a higher resolution out of nowhere (not without photoshop/equivalent sharpener magic, anyway, and that has limitations).

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