@@astoldbybrittany4342 i second this. I need things really broken down and people seem to assume someone would automatically understand what sort of actual dimensions you'd need to make
Hi Brittany, I just wanted to clear up the DPI and PPI for you. The DPI refers to the actual printer resolution. So 300 dots per inch means the printer used 300 dots in one inch from left to right then drops down one line and repeats whether it drops on the right and returns left or resets on the left and then starts the next line. The dots do not have a standard size and you can get somewhat different results from printers starting from the old dot matrix printers to the newest printers whether they are laser or ink jet. Pixels per inch refer to digital quality only and should not be interchangeably with DPI. Think of it this way, PPi is like a camera lens, less PPI the more out of focus it becomes, i.e. the more pixelated it is. The more in focus it is the sharper and more detail you get, i.e. the higher the PPI the more detail and sharper the image is. The image will be the same size on your computer monitor, it does not get any larger or smaller only sharper or more pixelated. The less PPI the worse the picture, the more PPI the better the picture. Hope this helps. :) Great video and you certainly helped me with it. Thanks. :)
thanks for the clarification John! I will try to retain this but it's evaporated from my brain before rather quickly :) an no problem, thanks for the watch!
@@astoldbybrittany4342 you're very welcome. I know how the evaporating from the mind goes, I have the same problem if I don't keep using the information so I usually copy the articles with the information so I can reference them later. :)
@@ViralVideos-pr2oi There is an aspect ratio that gives you the optimal PPI according to the most common, and some uncommon, print sizes. You can google the aspect ratios easy enough. But for most prints the common rule of thumb seems to be no less than 300 PPI. Hope this helps.
I’ve made myself a script that automates the whole process - just 1 click and my 1 large file is resized proportionally from the middle centre to 6 different sizes and saved with the filenames including their sizes. I was getting sick of spending so much time doing this 1 size at a time. If you can learn about scripts and use them for repetitive tasks, your productivity will improve once you have a suitable script, and you can focus on enjoying the art creation process more.
WHAT?!?!?!?! OMG this is so cool! I'm a beginner coder - I've automated some of my work flows at work with python / selenium. Felt good to just sit back and watch it do all the annoying repetitve clicks. I'll have to look into this.
I honestly cannot thank you enough for this amazingly broken-down video. I almost gave up and hit 'the wall' with my Etsy shop and creating digital prints until I watched this video. So so amazing what you've done for the Etsy seller community so thank you. I listed my first artwork today after wrapping my head around it all. (I thought it would take me much longer so deeply, thankyou).
I'm so so happy you didn't give up! I think there's space for everyone to do this so I'm happy to help more artists get their work out into the world :)
Yeah, wow. You are awesome. I've been looking for the logistics of the sizing/creating the actual digital art files, and you NAILED this. I paid for a course and didn't even get half the information you covered here. I am so grateful for you, and your genuine demeanor has gotten you a new subscriber! ❤️
That makes me frustrated for you that you paid money for a course and didn't get a lot of useful information. I'm sorry about that, that sucks. I'm so happy that this video filled in the gaps for you though! Thanks for the love.
EDIT 7/13: PLEASE do not contact me with questions on Etsy. I'd love to help you, but Etsy measures seller's performance based on how quickly we respond to direct messages. Please leave that space for customers and leave your questions for me here on TH-cam and I'll address them to the best of my ability. Thank you! Hi everyone!! Sorry for some occasional audio issues, don't know what that's about. I just wanted to say you don't HAVE to use the 5 files/sizing options I use. You can use whatever sizing options you like! But the rules I explain in the video will still apply for whatever sizing you pick 🙏
OMG this video taught me so much, things I never even knew you should look into before making art to sell. I thought when you select a size to make that is the size you have to print, I heard about pixels, but never thought it would play a factor in my art postings. Also, having the ratio files for the customer to choose from is better than giving them a select few sizes to choose from. I definitely learned a lot from this video, you are right that people would charge to learn all this but from your struggles as a beginner at one time you know what it's like to not know or understand what you are trying to learn and cannot find that help because you have to pay to learn and to pay to learn is a little crazy... Therefore, I Thank you for your time and greatly appreciate it.
OMG, thank you so much for explaining sizing. I was actually creating all of the sizes when all I needed to create was just five sizes and the customer can scale it down once they buy it. This video was a life and time saver (and you didn't charge for it or have 100 videos to watch). THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
Hands down best explanation of sizing! I was struggling so badly with this to the point of almost giving up but you made things so much easier, THANK YOU so much!!!
I struggled so so much with sizing and it took me FOREVER to understand it. A video like this didn't exist back then which is why I made it 🤩. Happy to hear it's been helpful, thanks for the love.
WOW. you just made me tear up; i am not exaggerating when i say this is the best christmas gift. all this which you described is why i have never put up anything on my digital site other than greeting cards. why is that? because i'm using canva and have a deathly fear of producing blurry art due to their px limitations. and my forays into GIMP for this exact purpose were painful because i do not know photoshop and don't have time to learn. i am eternally grateful to the youtube algorithms that placed your video in front of me. i use GIMP only superficially because even with GIMP user forum help, youtube help, the larger internet searches, I STILL barely know what i'm doing in that awesome free app. your video is an absolute godsend. i am now working on my first downloadable wall art and am doing so confidently. thank you. i am a new sub.
You are so good hearted to share this with us. I have never subscribed after only watching one video of someone's channel but your generosity and ability to explain this changed that. SUBSCRIBED!!!
This is truly life changing! I cant tell you how confused I've become with all the resizing etc... You've lifted the veil and now I understand. Forever grateful - Julie ❤
this was an absolutely incredible walk-through. as a tech savvy artist, this was the perfect blend of ‘in to the weeds’ and beginner language for anybody starting out in the realm of digital art selling. thank you, thank you so much! also, i absolutely love your artwork ❤
im so glad i landed on this, i already started an etsy page. and I'm freaking out. i did things backwards, i got laid off jan 4, sick with that lung monster thing going around for three weeks, and during that time ive been missing my sister as she has passed away due to an accident. I made art inspired by her.. i cannot get hired anywhere so ive been pushed to try and start this... and I'm in over my head. ive used corel paint shop pro. i think its like adobe paintshop.. I'm just glad i landed here. and now i have to go watch again with note and pen. I so appreciate you making this video.
A1 is the second-largest format in the A paper size series. A0 refers to the full-size paper that is used for printing. In the past, we used A0 paper for printing, and then cut it into smaller sizes. A1 is created by folding A0 paper once, and each subsequent A format is obtained by halving the previous size, down to A6, and occasionally A8 or smaller, although I haven't seen paper cut that small. However, Yes. There are larger paper sizes available, as well as paper on rolls, which is a separate topic for discussion. EDIT done. (I went ahead and made some edits to that confusing text. I hope my changes have made it easier to understand now)
@@astoldbybrittany4342 No problem at all! I'm happy that I could be of assistance. I understand that my initial comment may have been a bit confusing. Nonetheless, I sincerely hope that you have a wonderful day. By the way, I appreciate the like/heart, even though it disappeared after I edited my comment. It made my evening, so thank you for that. Take care!
So, finding someone on youtube that you resonate with, and "speak each other's language", essentially, is equivalent to finding a math teacher who explains complex math in the way you understand it. That's my roundabout way of saying thank you Brittany lol. I understood every moment of this video and appreciate you so much for taking the time out of your day to present it so clearly. Sending an abundance of prosperous and loving energy your way, my friend!!
I'm crying right now because of how helpful this was. I've been so overwhelmed with feelings of failure because of this roadblock. I honestly can't thank you enough.
Hi Brittany, I just started out on Etsy and your tutorial really helped me get on the right trajectory. Thanks a million and keep on being a pathfinder.
Ahaha such a chaotic video but you explained all of it brilliantly 🥰 Just starting to take my etsy seriously so this is great to know, thank you for taking the time to go in depth into everything
Thanks so much for explaining these little details. I've been searching all over online for this for a while now. I really admire how knowledgeable you are about this stuff. 🙂
This is very good content and exactly what I needed to find out as I'm just now getting started with putting art online. Thank you Brittany for your generosity, and I found your content style of delivery very refreshing. Everyone has their own style, but I felt relaxed listening because it wasn't a hundred rapid cuts of super fast talking which seems to be the YT standard approach. Thanks again, this was extremely helpful. Comment below compliments your "genuine demeanor" and I second that!
Just a nerdy side note if it helps : Jpg is a smaller file size and is more compressed ( on smaller images of 72 dpi - which is usually any phone photo is at, you tend to see square shape artifacts) Png is a larger file size and uses "lossless" compression i.e a higher quality and a cheaper version for a tga or tiff files ( formats used by printing studios) People usually use png if there is transparency (a.k.a Alpha) - e.g. for logos or graphics for t-shirts. The choice of jpg or png is in the eye of the artist when working at 300dpi and if customers are happy, then nothing to worry about. I would personally go for pngs for that extra quality assurance peace of mind, but for something like this you probably won't notice a difference at 300 dpi. Also when zipping up files like these jpgs would result in a smaller file size and stores may have a limit so its usually the better choice in that respect for 300 dpi. Plus use jpgs on store images as they will load faster than others because of the compression.
Every print house I work with recommends using JPG files at maximum quality setting over PNGs. Not sure of the "why" but this is consistent across all of the ones I tend to use (WHCC, Bay Photo mostly)
@@JohnVanderbeck The "why" is because PNG files are in RGB colorspace only, whereas JPG files can be either RGB or CMYK. The preferred colorspace for your average printing is CMYK. So JPGs are the best for prints!
You are amazing, Brittany! Thank you so much for your clear explanation and demonstrations on the topic of sizing digital wall art. I had a cloud over my head on this topic. I feel truly enlightened on sizing now. I will go back and review it just to make sure I understood all the information you gave. I suggest this as a must-watch video for clarity on this subject🌺
haha YES I was SOOO confused at first too. That was one of the main reasons why I wanted to make this video; to explain that because I just COULD. NOT. UNDERSTAND for the longest time. Glad it was helpful :)
Thank you so much for this clear, easy-to-follow video! I've been working on opening a digital art store on Etsy for a few months. I had hit a wall of overthinking things (ESPECIALLY sizing), and you helped me knock it down. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I’m subscribed! :) I’ve seen so many videos and thought I needed to design each size I wanted to offer individually. That felt so overwhelming and discouraging. I use Canva, the free account, which doesn’t offer the resize feature. I’m so glad to see from your video that only one design per ratio can be created and it still gives a client plenty of options to choose from. Thank you for sharing this!
No problem!! Just a quick tip for you. Canva doesnt export in 300 dpi as a jpg. You'll have to export as a pdf then convert to 300 dpi jpg. There are many free websites to convert :) Happy designing
I have a question, in your description below you say for the ISO it's 7016 x 9933 but then while you're creating the template on GIMP you say out loud "7021 x 9930" so which one is the correct px?
I appreciate how you explain such a hard topic (to someone who is new to this) in a way that helps me truly understand the ratios, file sizes, pixels, etc... by breaking down the properties of each file. Thank you so much for truly helping and not charging for this information. Starting a shop is overwhelming and your kindness to help guide us is amazing and so appreciated, thank you!!
THANK YOU! For taking away one of my procrastination excuses 😆 Been spending way too much time on researching this because I also prefer a simple and logic workflow 😅 awesome and simple explanation 🙌
This is exactly what I have been looking for; thank you so much for making it available and free to everyone struggling to wrap their heads around this information. The first thing you need to choose before creating digital art is what canvas size to work on, so despite having the program for making art ready to use on my device and the ideas already in my head, I have felt unable to begin the process, which has been so discouraging. Your explanation covered everything I was unsure of or had more questions about, and now I can finally start this process with confidence! I feel officially unstuck, and for that, you have my sincere and abundant gratitude!
Hi Brittany, Thank you for making this video, very clear explanation and very informative.I’m thinking to start my own Digital business online and don’t know how to start.While watching your tutorials I have an ideas make this things possible.Thank you very much.
This video was super helpful and I actually was using GIMP a while ago for editing other personal photos, but getting into Etsy now, so I am exciting to apply your methods. 😊
Out of all the videos I have watched, this has been the best in terms of explaining size! I have been so lost and confused and left with more questions and you cleared that up within the first 10 minutes. Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this! It is so helpful. Beautiful, compelling and meaningful stuff btw in your art. On this journey and just beginning so this is so soooo helpful.
Omg thank you so much for making this video and taking your time explain all this! I was so lost and confused about it, but I believe I have some understandings of it. However might have to rewatch this again. Also so pleased you mention about landscape, since I want to make art in landscape as well. Anyway freaking great video! ^-^
You're so very welcome! Happy to hear it's been helpful. Just as a side note I've noticed landscape art doesn't tend to sell as well for whatever reason... don't really know. So I'd make sure to have a good balance of vertical art in your shop too. 👍
Here to say how incredibly helpful this was! I wanted to offer these sizes when I first launched my shop a few months ago but couldn't figure out how it all worked but your breakdown was so simple and easy to follow! I work in Canva which doesn't go up to the 24x36in pixels but I figured out a way to get that same quality via downloading the 24x36in size to their PDF Print option then converting that to a 300dpi JPG. I'll be doing a complete rehaul of my digital listings (nursery/kids' room niche) to hopefully attract more buyers with the 20+ sizes benefit. :) THANK YOU! PS - Love your designs, just purchased and downloaded one for my little reading nook. :) will be sure to leave a comment, too!
@@ahmedalaa1485 I created my illustrations in the largest sizes in inches in Canva (I.e., 24x36, 11x14), downloaded the file in PDF Print, then used a free online PDF-to-JPG file converter. Just be sure to check the file details to ensure the converted JPG file is 300dpi or equivalent pixels because I came across a few that converted at 200dpi. Hope that helps!
@@audreygeorge9003 this only increases the dpi value as text. It does not provide clarity in the image. This means that you are deceiving your customers. You can do the same with a power point. I hope your images are good in printing. Have you ever received feedback. Have you sold large images?
Brittany I have seen many many many youtube videos. My dear you are the real deal. You have the speaking voice to move mountains. My dear please do a video on recording live and voice over. Its refreshing to explore videos that are easy to understand and calming. Very good dear Top Girl for you.
Thank you so much Brittany. You are honestly very very good in explaining everything here. Thank you so much. Really appreciate all your genuine care and effort. I have subscribed and liked this awesome video :)
Hi there Brittany.I really appreciate you doing this! I really want to be like you guys that make passive income from online digital products but there is a lot to learn like Keyword research, good photos, etc.I really hope you can touch on those in the future and once again thanks for taking the time to do this because you didn't have to.
Thank you so much for this video! Informative, amazingly helpful and finally easy to understand! Yeah, can’t thank you enough how simply and well you explained it all! I wonder if you could make a video how you would downsize these images for the listing photos? I imagine the file sizes are massive!
Out of all the videos I've been watching, I've found this the most helpful, so I am checking out some of the other videos. I appreciate your candor. Thank you.
Yours is the only video after much searching.... that actually takes me through the process... and in a simple way I can understand. Do you have a next stage video please? Of putting all the files on etsy?
oh man.. five different sizes.. back to the "drawing board.." but as ive been at the monitor for 9 hours and my eyes are killing.. tomorrow is another day.. thank you for the knowledge new friend. grateful for you
I really like your video. I would like to know what are the margins for your artwork? I want to make sure the image is not cut off when it is put in a frame, Thank you
THANK YOU!!! 🙏🙏 YOU ARE BEYOND AMAZING! 💜💜💜 I was struggeling so much trying to figure all this out, i nearly gave up. Sooo so grateful to you!! Much love and many blessings! 🙏💜
that was very helpful.. much more than the videos with 100ks views... I don't understand why genuine and good content like this doesn't have as many likes as it deserves...
I'm so glad I came across this video!! It helped so much, I've been putting off creating my shop because I was so confused about the sizes. Thank you so much!! New Sub!
I created a Photoshop script to bulk resize multiple images to the aspect ratios mentioned in this video. It was a headache since I know almost nothing about coding, but I finally got it to resize portrait images to portrait aspect ratios, landscape images to landscape aspect ratios and square images to both, portrait and landscape. I tested it with big images and the resized images are being saved at a 300 dpi resolution. It will be a huge time saving tool for me.
honestly Thank you so much!!! I am just starting out and it is a mine field, everyone uses different Graphic tools etc. thank you for keeping me motivated x
Very well explained, well done. Just a few points to add and take away. In the old days the 300 ppi was true, especially for offset printing, commercial printing. Nowadays on modern color printers, 150-200 ppi is fine. Secondly, these are the sizes most commonly sold on etsy and are generally rectangular in shape. I prefer to sell square formats as well as panoramic sizes. I paint and sketch mostly on a square canvas, but that's just me.
This is amazing. You have no idea how overwhelmed I have been feeling with every single little task I need to do to set up an Etsy shop, and you literally helped spring board me forward with figuring out these printing sizes. The only thing left for me is to figure out how to do good mockup photos and thumbnails and I may actually have a product I can sell on the platform! Thank you so much! :)
Thank you for saving my life. Because I didn't know how to do this job, I was trying to do and submit the other measurements below the basic 5 measurements. There were so many files in total that I couldn't understand how all the people uploaded so many files to Ets. It's a great content, thanks.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I feel confident in moving forward now because of your your simplistic style in explaining the sizing of the art. You are my hero!
Hey Brittany, thank you so much for taking the time to make this really helpful and informative video. Trying to understand the technical aspects of sizing print files can be really confusing when trying to create them if you have never done it before. Your video was exactly what I was looking for, you answered all the questions that I had bouncing around in my head about how to create these print files properly, so thank you so much your excellent video is really appreciated. I've just subscribed.
Wonderful, the best sizing and resolution tutorial I have seen! Love your real conversational tone, succinct and to the point.. "The black screen of doom" had me LOOOOLLLL , it's so true haha, thank you! X
Thank you so much. The only video I've come across explaining this so well. I must've used the right keywords this time when searching and so glad for it. Much appreciated!
You're the only creator that has explained the sizing SO WELL! Thank you so so so much
Awww yay!! that makes me happy to hear. Thanks for watching Em
@@astoldbybrittany4342 i second this. I need things really broken down and people seem to assume someone would automatically understand what sort of actual dimensions you'd need to make
agree
@@astoldbybrittany4342 amazing video thanks so much! Can I ask why PDF and not PNG? Isn’t PNG lossless?
do you explain me that 2 by 3 ratio file how we make
Hi Brittany, I just wanted to clear up the DPI and PPI for you. The DPI refers to the actual printer resolution. So 300 dots per inch means the printer used 300 dots in one inch from left to right then drops down one line and repeats whether it drops on the right and returns left or resets on the left and then starts the next line. The dots do not have a standard size and you can get somewhat different results from printers starting from the old dot matrix printers to the newest printers whether they are laser or ink jet.
Pixels per inch refer to digital quality only and should not be interchangeably with DPI. Think of it this way, PPi is like a camera lens, less PPI the more out of focus it becomes, i.e. the more pixelated it is. The more in focus it is the sharper and more detail you get, i.e. the higher the PPI the more detail and sharper the image is. The image will be the same size on your computer monitor, it does not get any larger or smaller only sharper or more pixelated. The less PPI the worse the picture, the more PPI the better the picture.
Hope this helps. :)
Great video and you certainly helped me with it. Thanks. :)
thanks for the clarification John! I will try to retain this but it's evaporated from my brain before rather quickly :)
an no problem, thanks for the watch!
@@astoldbybrittany4342 you're very welcome. I know how the evaporating from the mind goes, I have the same problem if I don't keep using the information so I usually copy the articles with the information so I can reference them later. :)
Hey John, so how much PPI is optimal for digital downloads?
@@ViralVideos-pr2oi There is an aspect ratio that gives you the optimal PPI according to the most common, and some uncommon, print sizes. You can google the aspect ratios easy enough. But for most prints the common rule of thumb seems to be no less than 300 PPI.
Hope this helps.
@@JohnMiller-wf6cm Thank you John. Much love
I’ve made myself a script that automates the whole process - just 1 click and my 1 large file is resized proportionally from the middle centre to 6 different sizes and saved with the filenames including their sizes. I was getting sick of spending so much time doing this 1 size at a time. If you can learn about scripts and use them for repetitive tasks, your productivity will improve once you have a suitable script, and you can focus on enjoying the art creation process more.
WHAT?!?!?!?! OMG this is so cool! I'm a beginner coder - I've automated some of my work flows at work with python / selenium. Felt good to just sit back and watch it do all the annoying repetitve clicks. I'll have to look into this.
Would love this script if you could share it with me I would appreciate it so much. Even willing to pay for it!
I would def buy if you put this up for sale
describe the task in steps, and I will try to make it
@@ninagarcia5649 explain in steps desired process, I'll give it a try
I honestly cannot thank you enough for this amazingly broken-down video. I almost gave up and hit 'the wall' with my Etsy shop and creating digital prints until I watched this video. So so amazing what you've done for the Etsy seller community so thank you. I listed my first artwork today after wrapping my head around it all. (I thought it would take me much longer so deeply, thankyou).
I'm so so happy you didn't give up! I think there's space for everyone to do this so I'm happy to help more artists get their work out into the world :)
Yeah, wow. You are awesome. I've been looking for the logistics of the sizing/creating the actual digital art files, and you NAILED this. I paid for a course and didn't even get half the information you covered here. I am so grateful for you, and your genuine demeanor has gotten you a new subscriber! ❤️
That makes me frustrated for you that you paid money for a course and didn't get a lot of useful information. I'm sorry about that, that sucks. I'm so happy that this video filled in the gaps for you though! Thanks for the love.
❤❤ this totally encapsulates my experience here… excellent video
EDIT 7/13: PLEASE do not contact me with questions on Etsy. I'd love to help you, but Etsy measures seller's performance based on how quickly we respond to direct messages. Please leave that space for customers and leave your questions for me here on TH-cam and I'll address them to the best of my ability. Thank you!
Hi everyone!! Sorry for some occasional audio issues, don't know what that's about.
I just wanted to say you don't HAVE to use the 5 files/sizing options I use. You can use whatever sizing options you like! But the rules I explain in the video will still apply for whatever sizing you pick 🙏
OMG this video taught me so much, things I never even knew you should look into before making art to sell. I thought when you select a size to make that is the size you have to print, I heard about pixels, but never thought it would play a factor in my art postings. Also, having the ratio files for the customer to choose from is better than giving them a select few sizes to choose from. I definitely learned a lot from this video, you are right that people would charge to learn all this but from your struggles as a beginner at one time you know what it's like to not know or understand what you are trying to learn and cannot find that help because you have to pay to learn and to pay to learn is a little crazy... Therefore, I Thank you for your time and greatly appreciate it.
OMG, thank you so much for explaining sizing. I was actually creating all of the sizes when all I needed to create was just five sizes and the customer can scale it down once they buy it. This video was a life and time saver (and you didn't charge for it or have 100 videos to watch). THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
Hands down best explanation of sizing! I was struggling so badly with this to the point of almost giving up but you made things so much easier, THANK YOU so much!!!
I struggled so so much with sizing and it took me FOREVER to understand it. A video like this didn't exist back then which is why I made it 🤩. Happy to hear it's been helpful, thanks for the love.
This is so insanely helpful. The amount of value packed in this *free* video is incredible. Thank you so much!
This was just perfect!!! I have been confused for months about sizing and you just explained everything in the easiest way possible!!! Loved it
WOW. you just made me tear up; i am not exaggerating when i say this is the best christmas gift. all this which you described is why i have never put up anything on my digital site other than greeting cards. why is that? because i'm using canva and have a deathly fear of producing blurry art due to their px limitations. and my forays into GIMP for this exact purpose were painful because i do not know photoshop and don't have time to learn. i am eternally grateful to the youtube algorithms that placed your video in front of me. i use GIMP only superficially because even with GIMP user forum help, youtube help, the larger internet searches, I STILL barely know what i'm doing in that awesome free app. your video is an absolute godsend. i am now working on my first downloadable wall art and am doing so confidently. thank you. i am a new sub.
Well no need to be afraid now, knowledge is power!! I'm so happy I could help you. Good luck to you!
You are so good hearted to share this with us. I have never subscribed after only watching one video of someone's channel but your generosity and ability to explain this changed that. SUBSCRIBED!!!
Thanks for the love!
This is truly life changing! I cant tell you how confused I've become with all the resizing etc... You've lifted the veil and now I understand. Forever grateful - Julie ❤
this was an absolutely incredible walk-through. as a tech savvy artist, this was the perfect blend of ‘in to the weeds’ and beginner language for anybody starting out in the realm of digital art selling. thank you, thank you so much! also, i absolutely love your artwork ❤
Wow, thank you bhagatriks! What a great comment to read. Thanks for watching
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL! Thank you, Brittany! Keep on shining!! You now have a fan forever!!
im so glad i landed on this, i already started an etsy page. and I'm freaking out. i did things backwards,
i got laid off jan 4, sick with that lung monster thing going around for three weeks, and during that time ive been missing my sister as she has passed away due to an accident. I made art inspired by her.. i cannot get hired anywhere so ive been pushed to try and start this... and I'm in over my head. ive used corel paint shop pro. i think its like adobe paintshop.. I'm just glad i landed here. and now i have to go watch again with note and pen. I so appreciate you making this video.
You got this girl!
A1 is the second-largest format in the A paper size series. A0 refers to the full-size paper that is used for printing.
In the past, we used A0 paper for printing, and then cut it into smaller sizes. A1 is created by folding A0 paper once, and each subsequent A format is obtained by halving the previous size, down to A6, and occasionally A8 or smaller, although I haven't seen paper cut that small.
However, Yes. There are larger paper sizes available, as well as paper on rolls, which is a separate topic for discussion.
EDIT done. (I went ahead and made some edits to that confusing text. I hope my changes have made it easier to understand now)
Thanks for the info!
@@astoldbybrittany4342 No problem at all! I'm happy that I could be of assistance. I understand that my initial comment may have been a bit confusing. Nonetheless, I sincerely hope that you have a wonderful day. By the way, I appreciate the like/heart, even though it disappeared after I edited my comment. It made my evening, so thank you for that. Take care!
So, finding someone on youtube that you resonate with, and "speak each other's language", essentially, is equivalent to finding a math teacher who explains complex math in the way you understand it. That's my roundabout way of saying thank you Brittany lol. I understood every moment of this video and appreciate you so much for taking the time out of your day to present it so clearly. Sending an abundance of prosperous and loving energy your way, my friend!!
So helpful! Big thank you, Brittany! I also love how you make the video in so relaxed way, no polished phrases, just go with the flow ❤
Glad it was helpful Tetiana!
I'm crying right now because of how helpful this was. I've been so overwhelmed with feelings of failure because of this roadblock. I honestly can't thank you enough.
Me too. I just started designing w/o thinking so much of the sizes. I hve looking for these videos ..and this been very helpful.😢
Hi Brittany, I just started out on Etsy and your tutorial really helped me get on the right trajectory. Thanks a million and keep on being a pathfinder.
Wonderful!
O my goodness, you understood the assignment! What a awesome job! Thanks Brittany!
Ahaha such a chaotic video but you explained all of it brilliantly 🥰
Just starting to take my etsy seriously so this is great to know, thank you for taking the time to go in depth into everything
Thanks so much for explaining these little details. I've been searching all over online for this for a while now. I really admire how knowledgeable you are about this stuff. 🙂
This is very good content and exactly what I needed to find out as I'm just now getting started with putting art online. Thank you Brittany for your generosity, and I found your content style of delivery very refreshing. Everyone has their own style, but I felt relaxed listening because it wasn't a hundred rapid cuts of super fast talking which seems to be the YT standard approach. Thanks again, this was extremely helpful. Comment below compliments your "genuine demeanor" and I second that!
I'm happy I am coming off well on camera. Thanks for the comment!
This video is pure gold! Thank you so much! I honestly want to hug you right now. My brain was about to explode trying to figure all of that out.
I'm glad your brain will be ok, we don't want it to explode!! I felt this way too when I started. Glad I could help.
Just a nerdy side note if it helps : Jpg is a smaller file size and is more compressed ( on smaller images of 72 dpi - which is usually any phone photo is at, you tend to see square shape artifacts) Png is a larger file size and uses "lossless" compression i.e a higher quality and a cheaper version for a tga or tiff files ( formats used by printing studios)
People usually use png if there is transparency (a.k.a Alpha) - e.g. for logos or graphics for t-shirts. The choice of jpg or png is in the eye of the artist when working at 300dpi and if customers are happy, then nothing to worry about.
I would personally go for pngs for that extra quality assurance peace of mind, but for something like this you probably won't notice a difference at 300 dpi.
Also when zipping up files like these jpgs would result in a smaller file size and stores may have a limit so its usually the better choice in that respect for 300 dpi. Plus use jpgs on store images as they will load faster than others because of the compression.
Thanks for this great explanation jezelf, thanks!
Every print house I work with recommends using JPG files at maximum quality setting over PNGs. Not sure of the "why" but this is consistent across all of the ones I tend to use (WHCC, Bay Photo mostly)
@@JohnVanderbeck The "why" is because PNG files are in RGB colorspace only, whereas JPG files can be either RGB or CMYK. The preferred colorspace for your average printing is CMYK. So JPGs are the best for prints!
jpeg for prints
@@mattm7426 Then how about PDF? I see some offering that.
Thank you very much I felt like i was stumbling around in the dark until I came across this video. The world needs more people like you 😀
You are amazing, Brittany! Thank you so much for your clear explanation and demonstrations on the topic of sizing digital wall art. I had a cloud over my head on this topic. I feel truly enlightened on sizing now. I will go back and review it just to make sure I understood all the information you gave. I suggest this as a must-watch video for clarity on this subject🌺
Thanks for the love Marina!! I was SO CONFUSED when I first started so I'm happy to save you some time 😊
Thank you so much!!!! Yo are my heroine! I’m just starting to create my art and researching about it. I am truly grateful to you for content.
Thank you so much Mónica
Brittany, I cannot express how I am grateful for what you are teaching ❤❤❤❤❤
Game Changer!!! I thought I was doing it right, but I was not. I'm glad I didn't get too deep into my shop thank you.
Great to hear!
You are the ONLY one that has explained this and in such a straightforward manner. Thank you so much. Now I'm going to check out your other videos.
I’m just getting started with offering digital art on my website along with canvas prints and this tutorial is so well done. Thank you for doing this
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm just starting out with digital wall art and I felt really lost until I found your video. Thanks for explaining the sizes so well!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for explaining ratio!! I was really struggling!
haha YES I was SOOO confused at first too. That was one of the main reasons why I wanted to make this video; to explain that because I just COULD. NOT. UNDERSTAND for the longest time.
Glad it was helpful :)
Thank you so much for this clear, easy-to-follow video! I've been working on opening a digital art store on Etsy for a few months. I had hit a wall of overthinking things (ESPECIALLY sizing), and you helped me knock it down. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank You!!! Very much. I'm helping my mom get set up to sel and you literally just saved my life. Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!!!!
Woo hoo! You're so welcome A Stylez!
I’m subscribed! :) I’ve seen so many videos and thought I needed to design each size I wanted to offer individually. That felt so overwhelming and discouraging. I use Canva, the free account, which doesn’t offer the resize feature. I’m so glad to see from your video that only one design per ratio can be created and it still gives a client plenty of options to choose from. Thank you for sharing this!
No problem!! Just a quick tip for you. Canva doesnt export in 300 dpi as a jpg. You'll have to export as a pdf then convert to 300 dpi jpg. There are many free websites to convert :)
Happy designing
@@astoldbybrittany4342 thank you!
I have a question, in your description below you say for the ISO it's 7016 x 9933 but then while you're creating the template on GIMP you say out loud "7021 x 9930" so which one is the correct px?
This is such a good tutorial!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for being real!!!
You are so welcome!
I appreciate how you explain such a hard topic (to someone who is new to this) in a way that helps me truly understand the ratios, file sizes, pixels, etc... by breaking down the properties of each file. Thank you so much for truly helping and not charging for this information. Starting a shop is overwhelming and your kindness to help guide us is amazing and so appreciated, thank you!!
Glad it was helpful! It is indeed very overwhelming so I'm happy I could help you out a bit
THANK YOU! For taking away one of my procrastination excuses 😆 Been spending way too much time on researching this because I also prefer a simple and logic workflow 😅 awesome and simple explanation 🙌
You're so welcome!
This is exactly what I have been looking for; thank you so much for making it available and free to everyone struggling to wrap their heads around this information. The first thing you need to choose before creating digital art is what canvas size to work on, so despite having the program for making art ready to use on my device and the ideas already in my head, I have felt unable to begin the process, which has been so discouraging. Your explanation covered everything I was unsure of or had more questions about, and now I can finally start this process with confidence! I feel officially unstuck, and for that, you have my sincere and abundant gratitude!
Hi Brittany, Thank you for making this video, very clear explanation and very informative.I’m thinking to start my own Digital business online and don’t know how to start.While watching your tutorials I have an ideas make this things possible.Thank you very much.
no problem, thanks for watching!
Amazing can't thank you enough I have now learned a bit about Gimp and followed what you did and it worked. Thanks so much
This video was super helpful and I actually was using GIMP a while ago for editing other personal photos, but getting into Etsy now, so I am exciting to apply your methods. 😊
Great to hear!
Out of all the videos I have watched, this has been the best in terms of explaining size! I have been so lost and confused and left with more questions and you cleared that up within the first 10 minutes. Thank you!!
woohoo thanks Samantha!
Thank you so much for this! It is so helpful. Beautiful, compelling and meaningful stuff btw in your art. On this journey and just beginning so this is so soooo helpful.
Your video is a life saver. I finally understand all size and pixel things. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Omg thank you so much for making this video and taking your time explain all this! I was so lost and confused about it, but I believe I have some understandings of it. However might have to rewatch this again. Also so pleased you mention about landscape, since I want to make art in landscape as well. Anyway freaking great video! ^-^
You're so very welcome! Happy to hear it's been helpful.
Just as a side note I've noticed landscape art doesn't tend to sell as well for whatever reason... don't really know. So I'd make sure to have a good balance of vertical art in your shop too. 👍
@@astoldbybrittany4342 Awe that's strange, you think it would? Also thank you for letting me know. And will do!
Love ur the the only one I have seen so far sharing this information for free
Here to say how incredibly helpful this was! I wanted to offer these sizes when I first launched my shop a few months ago but couldn't figure out how it all worked but your breakdown was so simple and easy to follow! I work in Canva which doesn't go up to the 24x36in pixels but I figured out a way to get that same quality via downloading the 24x36in size to their PDF Print option then converting that to a 300dpi JPG. I'll be doing a complete rehaul of my digital listings (nursery/kids' room niche) to hopefully attract more buyers with the 20+ sizes benefit. :) THANK YOU! PS - Love your designs, just purchased and downloaded one for my little reading nook. :) will be sure to leave a comment, too!
Ahh thank you so much for the support! That's one of my best sellers, I hope you enjoy :)
I'm happy to hear it was helpful!
pls can you tell me how can i make 300 dpi in canva and 24* 36 or 7201 px ??
@@ahmedalaa1485 I created my illustrations in the largest sizes in inches in Canva (I.e., 24x36, 11x14), downloaded the file in PDF Print, then used a free online PDF-to-JPG file converter. Just be sure to check the file details to ensure the converted JPG file is 300dpi or equivalent pixels because I came across a few that converted at 200dpi. Hope that helps!
@@audreygeorge9003 thx I will try
@@audreygeorge9003 this only increases the dpi value as text. It does not provide clarity in the image. This means that you are deceiving your customers. You can do the same with a power point. I hope your images are good in printing. Have you ever received feedback. Have you sold large images?
Brittany I have seen many many many youtube videos. My dear you are the real deal. You have the speaking voice to move mountains. My dear please do a video on recording live and voice over. Its refreshing to explore videos that are easy to understand and calming. Very good dear Top Girl for you.
Thank you so much Brittany. You are honestly very very good in explaining everything here. Thank you so much. Really appreciate all your genuine care and effort.
I have subscribed and liked this awesome video :)
Thanks Umesh!
Just wanted to say thanks so much. Awesome Tutorial and just did the steps in GIMP. 300 DPI and not quality changes. Awesome!
Glad it helped!
Hi there Brittany.I really appreciate you doing this! I really want to be like you guys that make passive income from online digital products but there is a lot to learn like Keyword research, good photos, etc.I really hope you can touch on those in the future and once again thanks for taking the time to do this because you didn't have to.
I can definitely consider that! Appreciate the love Antonette :)
thank you thank you thank you!!! You are the only creator I came across who explained this so well and clearly and straight to the point.
This helped so much. Not many people go into so much detail . I have put off uploading because I struggle with sizing
Yes it was very really helpful! And you are one of the most authentic / legit tutorials I've watched unlike others requiring for money.
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!! As a beginner I felt file sizes to be so overwhelming. You explained everything so well. Can’t thank you enough
Your video was helpful. I feel like I learned a lot, especially with the sizing and resolution.
Thank you so much for this video! Informative, amazingly helpful and finally easy to understand! Yeah, can’t thank you enough how simply and well you explained it all! I wonder if you could make a video how you would downsize these images for the listing photos? I imagine the file sizes are massive!
Out of all the videos I've been watching, I've found this the most helpful, so I am checking out some of the other videos. I appreciate your candor. Thank you.
Thank you for an actually informative video for resizing. All the others I have watch either gloss over or spend absolutely zero time covering this.
Yours is the only video after much searching.... that actually takes me through the process... and in a simple way I can understand.
Do you have a next stage video please? Of putting all the files on etsy?
so happy to hear this! I'd check out my Etsy playlist, you'll find a lot of other helpful videos :)
Omg THANK YOU! You are right about people charging for this kind of information. Thank you for making it accessible to everyone you are an angel!!
You are so welcome!
Thank you Brittany, for you I understood everything :') I felt so overwhelmed with this at the beginning, thanks to you not anymore :')
oh man.. five different sizes.. back to the "drawing board.." but as ive been at the monitor for 9 hours and my eyes are killing.. tomorrow is another day.. thank you for the knowledge new friend. grateful for you
I really like your video. I would like to know what are the margins for your artwork? I want to make sure the image is not cut off when it is put in a frame, Thank you
THANK YOU!!! 🙏🙏 YOU ARE BEYOND AMAZING! 💜💜💜
I was struggeling so much trying to figure all this out, i nearly gave up.
Sooo so grateful to you!!
Much love and many blessings! 🙏💜
that was very helpful.. much more than the videos with 100ks views... I don't understand why genuine and good content like this doesn't have as many likes as it deserves...
I appreciate that!
I'm so glad I came across this video!! It helped so much, I've been putting off creating my shop because I was so confused about the sizes. Thank you so much!! New Sub!
I created a Photoshop script to bulk resize multiple images to the aspect ratios mentioned in this video. It was a headache since I know almost nothing about coding, but I finally got it to resize portrait images to portrait aspect ratios, landscape images to landscape aspect ratios and square images to both, portrait and landscape. I tested it with big images and the resized images are being saved at a 300 dpi resolution. It will be a huge time saving tool for me.
This is amazing, you should look into selling this as an add on!
honestly Thank you so much!!! I am just starting out and it is a mine field, everyone uses different Graphic tools etc. thank you for keeping me motivated x
Very well explained, well done. Just a few points to add and take away. In the old days the 300 ppi was true, especially for offset printing, commercial printing. Nowadays on modern color printers, 150-200 ppi is fine. Secondly, these are the sizes most commonly sold on etsy and are generally rectangular in shape. I prefer to sell square formats as well as panoramic sizes. I paint and sketch mostly on a square canvas, but that's just me.
This is amazing. You have no idea how overwhelmed I have been feeling with every single little task I need to do to set up an Etsy shop, and you literally helped spring board me forward with figuring out these printing sizes. The only thing left for me is to figure out how to do good mockup photos and thumbnails and I may actually have a product I can sell on the platform! Thank you so much! :)
yes, it can be overwhelming at first but you got this!!! glad I could help
Thank you for saving my life. Because I didn't know how to do this job, I was trying to do and submit the other measurements below the basic 5 measurements. There were so many files in total that I couldn't understand how all the people uploaded so many files to Ets. It's a great content, thanks.
Etsy üzerinden satışa başladın mı? Nasıl gitti?
@@busratz Sadece 5 ürün yükledim ve çok ilgilenemedim. Henüz hiç satış yapmadım. Umarım ileride değişir, bilemiyorum.
THANK YOU SO MUCH....this is the ONLY thing that has helped me! I was ready to give up. Thank You So Much, Beautiful Lady!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I feel confident in moving forward now because of your your simplistic style in explaining the sizing of the art. You are my hero!
I love your simplicity in explaining the process.
I’ve been searching for this explanation for some time. Thank you for sharing. Very helpful!
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for being so generous Brittany! Best wishes.
You're welcome!
Loving your vids! Just wanted to clarify if you meant 7201 or 7200 (which was what’s listed in the video info box)?
I would like to know this as well?
One of the most helpful videos I have ever come across. Subscribed - keep up the awesome work!
Very succinct! I've been using GIMP for a long while but you've taught me some important skills! Thanks so much, Brittany.
This is precisely what I needed to create my digital art to sell. I can't thank you enough. Thank you...
Hey Brittany, thank you so much for taking the time to make this really helpful and informative video. Trying to understand the technical aspects of sizing print files can be really confusing when trying to create them if you have never done it before. Your video was exactly what I was looking for, you answered all the questions that I had bouncing around in my head about how to create these print files properly, so thank you so much your excellent video is really appreciated. I've just subscribed.
Yayyy I'm so happy to hear I helped you Sol!
Wonderful, the best sizing and resolution tutorial I have seen! Love your real conversational tone, succinct and to the point.. "The black screen of doom" had me LOOOOLLLL , it's so true haha, thank you! X
Thank you so much. The only video I've come across explaining this so well. I must've used the right keywords this time when searching and so glad for it. Much appreciated!
That was great!! Thank you so much, please talk about difficult customer service or the most stressful things associated with digital art
Thank you! Something so new, you helped me understand exactly what I needed. God bless you!
You don't know how much this vidoe helped me
very useful video that helps to clear up printing sizes and helps with work flow
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain your methodology so well. Very helpful. Thank you.
You are very kind to give us your Knowledge and Information freely. Keep up the great work your channel will grow. You're doing great.
Thank you! Will do PKC!
Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. May your store do so so so well. God Bless
You are so welcome
thank you so much for this, it was so helpful. I just started selling digital products on Etsy and I am new to creating digital art.
Ahh you're absolutely brilliant, Thankyou for your video. My head has been scrambled until now!
No problem :)