Avery Help Center (2024)

When you upload a low quality image into Design & Print Online, you may get this message:Your Image has a smaller file size than we recommend. Use a higher quality image for better print results.

If you do not have a photo editing software such as Photoshop on your computer, you can try using Microsoft Paint or Preview on Mac to increase image resolution and file size.

Here's how to do this in Microsoft Paint:

• Open Microsoft Paint and select Filein the upper leftandOpen to select the image on your computer
• When the image loads, selectResizeon the toolbar at the top
• A window will pop up. Make sure you select Pixels
• You can now adjust the pixels for the height and width of the image and selectOK.Increasing the pixels will increase the image file size
• After you adjust the image, selectFileandSave Asand save the image as either aPNG, BMPor JPEG file type to upload into our free design tool

Here's how to do this in Preview on Mac:

• Open the image file in Preview
• SelectToolsat the top and selectAdjust Size
• SelectCustom from theFit intodrop-down
• You can now adjust the height, width, and resolution of your image. You can adjust it by inches or pixels with the drop down on the right side
• SelectOKonce you are done adjusting the image
• After you adjust the image, selectFileat the topandExporttosave the image as either aJPEG, PNG, PDF, or TIFFfile type to upload into our free design tool

For more information on image resolution, read this article.

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