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  • ldima
    New Member
    • Apr 2012
    • 2

    Get dimension of pixel in mm

    Hello.
    I have an image of size 640x480 pixels.
    It's possible to obtain the dimension in mm of one pixel from that image given only that size?I do not have the size of the image in mm,however.
    Thanks for helping.
  • weaknessforcats
    Recognized Expert Expert
    • Mar 2007
    • 9214

    #2
    Your question has no meaning.

    You already said your image is 640x480 pixels.

    Each pixel will have a size based on the resolution of the display.

    The more pixels in your display, the smaller your picture.

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    • ldima
      New Member
      • Apr 2012
      • 2

      #3
      Thanks for answering weaknessforcats .
      I try to explain better:I have loaded an image taken from a camera,then i need pixel dimension in mm of that image, for example obtain that each pixel is wide 0.2 mm.
      This is not possible?

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      • Rabbit
        Recognized Expert MVP
        • Jan 2007
        • 12517

        #4
        It depends on the display. Every display has a different size for each pixel. Imagine drawing a 10 by 10 grid on a 10 inch monitor. What's the size of a single square? Now draw a 10 by 10 grid on a 20 inch monitor, what's the size of a single square? It depends on the size of the display and its native resolution.

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        • weaknessforcats
          Recognized Expert Expert
          • Mar 2007
          • 9214

          #5
          Not it is not possible.

          Suppose your computer screen was 640 x 480. Your picture would fill the screen.

          Change the resolution to 1280 x 960 and the same picture would occupy only 1/4 of the screen.

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          • Stewart Ross
            Recognized Expert Moderator Specialist
            • Feb 2008
            • 2545

            #6
            If you are really meaning that you have data stored by a digital camera which recorded additional information about the image, including its nominal size, you would need to read the EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) data for that image. This is not a trivial task for JPG files, for example.

            See the following Wikipedia articles for guidance:
            Exchangeable image file format
            JPEG

            Otherwise, as my colleagues have already said, it s not possible to determine what the nominal 'size' of a pixel is without knowing anything at all about the size of the sensor in the camera and the focal length of the lens involved.

            -Stewart
            Last edited by Stewart Ross; Apr 19 '12, 06:26 PM.

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