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Resize a photo to 8×10 in (2400×3000 pixels)

An 8×10 in print at 300 DPI is 2400×3000 pixels. Set 8×10 in and 300 DPI in the panel and choose crop to fill: a 4:3 phone photo loses 40% and still gives 302 pixels per inch. As a JPEG, a detailed outdoor photo comes to about 2.1 MB at the panel's default quality 85 and 1.59 MB at quality 75 (extrapolated).

8×10 in at 300 DPI (2400×3000 px)

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No file-size limit is set: PixelFit saves at high quality and changes only the format and any pixel size you set. 8x10 in at 300 DPI is 2400x3000 pixels.

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Saving presets is part of Pro.

Pick a photo to resize it to 8x10 in at 300 DPI.

The result appears here: the exact byte count, pixel size and quality, the size before and after, a preview and a download button.

8×10 in at a glance

Physical size 8×10 in = 203.2×254 mm
Pixels at 300 DPI 2400×3000 px (7,200,000 pixels, 7.2 MP)
Shape 4:5, portrait (width ÷ height = 0.8)
From a 12 MP phone photo 302 pixels per inch after the crop to fill (40% cut)
Copies per sheet 1 on A4 · 1 on US Letter
At 600 DPI 4800×6000 px (28.8 MP)
Estimated JPEG (outdoor photo, quality 75, 300 DPI) 1.59 MB (extrapolated)
JPEG without a KB limit (panel default, quality 85) 2.1 MB (extrapolated)

How 8×10 in turns into pixels

An inch is exactly 25.4 mm, so at 300 DPI the pixel size is 8 in × 300 = 2400 px wide and 10 in × 300 = 3000 px tall. 8×10 in is a portrait shape with sides in the ratio 4:5 (0.8 as a decimal), 203.2×254 mm in the other unit.

The same 8×10 in needs 1600×2000 px at 200 DPI and 4800×6000 px (28.8 MP) at 600 DPI. PixelFit writes the DPI you set into the JPEG header (the JFIF density field), so print software that reads it knows the file is meant to come out at 8×10 in.

Is your photo sharp enough for 8×10 in?

After the crop to fill, this is how many source pixels land on each inch of 8×10 in. Above 300 DPI the picture is reduced to 300 DPI; below it, PixelFit has to enlarge the crop and fine detail softens.

Starting imageCrop to fill keepsArea lostPixels per inch at 8×10 inTo reach 300 DPI
12 MP phone photo (4032×3024, 4:3) 2419×3024 (left and right cut) 40% 302 DPI reduced (0.99×)
24 MP camera photo (6000×4000, 3:2) 3200×4000 (left and right cut) 46.7% 400 DPI reduced (0.75×)
Full HD screenshot (1920×1080, 16:9) 864×1080 (left and right cut) 55% 108 DPI enlarged (2.78×)
Vertical phone video frame (1080×1920, 9:16) 1080×1350 (top and bottom cut) 29.7% 135 DPI enlarged (2.22×)

8×10 in in pixels at each print resolution

Pixels = inches × DPI. The panel uses 300 DPI unless you change it; the file sizes are for a detailed outdoor photo saved as JPEG.

ResolutionPixelsMegapixelsJPEG q75JPEG q90
150 DPI 1200×1500 1.8 MP ≈ 457 KB ≈ 730 KB
200 DPI 1600×2000 3.2 MP ≈ 789 KB ≈ 1.24 MB
300 DPI 2400×3000 7.2 MP ≈ 1.59 MB ≈ 2.58 MB
400 DPI 3200×4000 12.8 MP ≈ 2.65 MB ≈ 4.34 MB
600 DPI 4800×6000 28.8 MP ≈ 5.43 MB ≈ 9.02 MB

How large is an 8×10 in file?

Saved at 300 DPI (2400×3000 px), a detailed outdoor photo of 8×10 in comes to about 1.21 MB at JPEG quality 60, 1.59 MB at 75 and 2.58 MB at 90, and about 1.35 MB as WebP at 75. Dropping to 200 DPI (1600×2000 px) brings quality 75 down to about 789 KB, but the print then holds fewer pixels per inch.

At 300 DPI the photo does not fit under 200 KB and 500 KB even at quality 30; it fits under 1 MB up to quality 43 and under 2 MB up to quality 82. Set the KB limit next to the size and PixelFit picks the highest quality that fits.

Other 4:5 print and photo sizes

These sizes have the same 4:5 shape as 8×10 in, so a photo cropped for one fits the others with no further crop.

SizePixelsScale from 8×10 in
16×20 inch print 4800×6000 2×
1200×1500 portrait 1200×1500 0.5×
1080×1350 portrait 1080×1350 0.45×
600×750 px digital passport photo 600×750 0.25×
420×525 px photo 420×525 0.18×

Resize to 16×20 inch print →

How to resize a picture to 8×10 in

  1. Add the picture

    Drop, paste or pick the photo in the PixelFit panel at the top of this page; it is decoded in your browser and never uploaded.

  2. Set the size

    Pick inch as the unit, enter 8×10 in and 300 DPI; the tool turns that into 2400×3000 pixels.

  3. Choose how it fits

    Choose crop to fill to keep the 4:5 frame without stretching (a phone photo loses 40%, left and right cut). Fit inside keeps the whole picture as a 2400×1800 file instead; Pad with colour puts that on a full 2400×3000 canvas.

  4. Pick the format and download

    Keep JPG (without a KB limit PixelFit saves at quality 85, about 2.1 MB for a detailed outdoor photo) so the 300 DPI stamp travels with the file, or choose PDF to get the picture as a PDF page, then download.

Sources

  1. Inch (1 inch is exactly 25.4 mm), Wikipedia, checked 31 October 2026: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch
  2. Measured by PixelFit with sharp 0.35.5 / libvips 8.18.7 on 31 October 2026, from the sample photo Hartz Lake at Hartz Mountain.jpg by JustinH (Wikimedia Commons user) (CC0 1.0): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartz_Lake_at_Hartz_Mount…

Frequently asked questions

How do I resize a photo to 8×10 in?

Open the photo in the PixelFit panel on this page, set 8×10 in at 300 DPI (2400 × 3000 px), choose crop to fill and download. From a 12 MP phone photo that crops 40% (left and right cut) and still leaves 302 pixels per inch to work with.

How many pixels is 8×10 in?

8×10 in is 2400×3000 px at 300 DPI, 4800×6000 px at 600 DPI and 1200×1500 px at 150 DPI (pixels = inches × DPI).

What DPI should an 8×10 in photo have?

PixelFit uses 300 DPI, which makes 8×10 in exactly 2400×3000 px; print it at 100% scale. At 150 DPI the same 2400×3000 pixels would print 16×20 in, twice as large and with half the density.

Does an 8×10 in print fit on an A4 sheet?

One copy fits on A4 (210×297 mm) and one on US Letter (215.9×279.4 mm). That leaves about 7 mm on the tighter side of A4, enough to trim it after printing at 100% scale.

How big is an 8×10 in JPEG at 300 DPI?

For a detailed outdoor photo about 1.59 MB at quality 75 (1.21 MB at 60, 2.58 MB at 90, 2.1 MB at the panel's default quality 85); a head-and-shoulders portrait is about 558 KB at quality 75, extrapolated from encodes of real sample photos measured up to 6.75 MP (2400×3000 px lies outside that range).

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