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 relates the pixel count to a size on paper, monitor screen or flatbed scanner. If you reduce the pixels per inch, the image gets enlarged and imperfections in it can more easily be seen. Or if you want to keep the physical dimensions the same, you have to resample and discard some pixels. Increasing PPI requires upsampling, which interpolates new pixel values but can’t create actual accurate data that was not initially captured.

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