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Printable Wall Art Sizes: Every Standard Ratio

By the Resly AI team · Updated 5 October 2026

The short answer

Five files cover nearly every standard frame: 2:3 (4×6 up to 24×36), 3:4 (6×8 up to 18×24), 4:5 (8×10 up to 24×30), ISO A sizes (A5 to A1), and 11×14. Make each file at the largest size in its ratio and buyers can print any smaller size in that ratio from it. Etsy allows five files of up to 20 MB each, which is exactly one per ratio.

The five ratios and what they print

Wall art ratios, the sizes each prints, and pixels for the largest
2:3Prints at (inches): 4×6, 8×12, 12×18, 16×24, 20×30, 24×36Largest size at 300 DPI: 7,200 × 10,800 px
3:4Prints at (inches): 6×8, 9×12, 12×16, 18×24Largest size at 300 DPI: 5,400 × 7,200 px
4:5Prints at (inches): 4×5, 8×10, 12×15, 16×20, 24×30Largest size at 300 DPI: 7,200 × 9,000 px
ISO (A sizes)Prints at (inches): A5, A4, A3, A2, A1Largest size at 300 DPI: 7,016 × 9,933 px (A1)
11:14Prints at (inches): 11×14, 22×28Largest size at 300 DPI: 6,600 × 8,400 px

ISO sizes are all the same shape (1:1.414), so one file prints at any of them. A4 is 210×297 mm and A1 is 594×841 mm.

5×7 and 8.5×11 don't fit any of the five. Most sellers leave them out, or add them as a sixth file inside a zip.

Watch the file size

The largest files are big: a 24×36 at 300 DPI is 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, nearly 78 megapixels, and a detailed JPG of that can pass Etsy's 20 MB limit. If it does, save the JPG at slightly lower quality (80–90 is invisible in print), or make the largest file at 200 pixels per inch instead of 300. A 24×36 is seen from across a room, and 200 is plenty there.

Making the other ratios from one artwork

  1. 1

    Start from the biggest version you have

    Design at the largest size and resolution you can. Every other file is derived from this one, and no later step adds back detail you never had.

  2. 2

    Re-layout designs with text or borders

    Typography, frames and anything near the edge should be rearranged for each ratio in your design tool, not cropped or extended. That's the only way the margins stay even.

  3. 3

    Extend designs with open backgrounds

    Paintings, photos, abstracts and illustrations with sky, texture or plain colour at the edges can be extended to each new ratio instead of cropped, so nothing in the composition is lost. Check the new edges at full size: generated background works best when the edge continues something simple.

  4. 4

    Export each ratio at its largest size

    Then export each file at the pixels in the table. Resly's own output is capped at 16 megapixels, about 192 pixels per inch at 18×24 and 136 at 24×36: fine on a wall, but short of 300 if your listing promises it at the largest size. Say what you deliver in the listing, and don't promise more.

Extend your artwork to a new ratio

Upload the artwork and type the new size in inches or pixels. The scene is extended to fit rather than cropped, and upscaled in the same pass.

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Questions

What ratios should printable wall art come in?

2:3, 3:4, 4:5, ISO (A sizes) and 11×14. Between them they cover almost every standard frame size, and Etsy allows exactly five files per listing.

What size should a printable file be?

The largest print size in its ratio, at 300 pixels per inch if the file size allows, so 7,200 × 10,800 pixels for 2:3. Buyers can print any smaller size in the same ratio from it.

How do I change the ratio of artwork without cropping it?

Rearrange it in your design tool if it has text or borders. Otherwise extend the background to the new ratio with generative fill, which keeps the whole composition, and check the new edges at full size.

What is Etsy's file size limit for digital downloads?

Five files per listing, each up to 20 MB. A zip counts as one file and has the same 20 MB limit.