{"id":1721,"date":"2026-10-12T02:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/index.php\/size-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T02:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:22:01","slug":"size-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/size-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Poster and canvas size guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Common sizes, what they suit and how big a photo you need. A picture is sharp enough when it has about 150 pixels for every inch of the print (200 for posters you read up close).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poster and canvas sizes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Size<\/th><th>Millimetres<\/th><th>Ratio<\/th><th>Suits<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>8 x 10 in<\/td><td>203 x 254<\/td><td>4:5<\/td><td>Shelf, desk, hallway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12 x 18 in<\/td><td>305 x 457<\/td><td>2:3<\/td><td>Small wall, desk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16 x 20 in<\/td><td>406 x 508<\/td><td>4:5<\/td><td>Bedroom, small gallery wall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16 x 24 in<\/td><td>406 x 610<\/td><td>2:3<\/td><td>Above a desk or a bed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20 x 30 in<\/td><td>508 x 762<\/td><td>2:3<\/td><td>Living room, above a sideboard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24 x 36 in<\/td><td>610 x 914<\/td><td>2:3<\/td><td>Statement piece above a sofa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12 x 36 in<\/td><td>305 x 914<\/td><td>3:1<\/td><td>Panoramic: above a bed or a console<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How big a photo do I need?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Print size<\/th><th>Pixels for 150 dpi<\/th><th>Phone photo of<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>8 x 10 in<\/td><td>1200 x 1500<\/td><td>2 megapixels<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16 x 20 in<\/td><td>2400 x 3000<\/td><td>7 megapixels<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20 x 30 in<\/td><td>3000 x 4500<\/td><td>14 megapixels<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24 x 36 in<\/td><td>3600 x 5400<\/td><td>19 megapixels<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canvas edges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a gallery-wrap canvas about 4 cm (1.5 in) of the picture turns the corner. Keep faces, text and logos away from the outer edge, or choose a mirrored or solid-colour edge so nothing is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/product-category\/canvas-prints\/\">Browse canvas prints<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common sizes, what they suit and how big a photo you need. A picture is sharp enough when it has about 150 pixels for every inch of the print (200 for posters you read up close). Poster and canvas sizes Size Millimetres Ratio Suits 8 x 10 in 203 x 254 4:5 Shelf, desk, hallway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-poster-canvas-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}