5 × 7 photo measures 127 × 177.8 mm. Its pixel dimensions change with PPI; the physical trim size does not.
A 5 × 7 inch photo measures 127 × 177.8 mm and needs 1500 × 2100 pixels at 300 PPI. Its 5:7 ratio crops about 6.7% of a typical 3:2 camera frame when filled edge to edge with corresponding orientations aligned.
300 PPI: 1500 × 2100 px · aspect ratio 5:7Portrait values are rounded to the nearest whole pixel after converting the native physical dimensions.
| PPI | Width | Height | Use context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 360 px | 504 px | Layout or screen reference |
| 96 | 480 px | 672 px | Layout or screen reference |
| 150 | 750 px | 1050 px | Print / distance dependent |
| 240 | 1200 px | 1680 px | Print / distance dependent |
| 300 | 1500 px | 2100 px | Detailed print target |
| 600 | 3000 px | 4200 px | Detailed print target |
A 3:2 image is slightly wider than a 5:7 frame. Filling the print retains about 93.3% of the image area; fitting the whole image may leave borders.
Preview the 5 × 7 cropA 5 × 7 needs 750 × 1050 px at 150 PPI, 1200 × 1680 px at 240 PPI or 1500 × 2100 px at 300 PPI.
Check your filePhoto labs can apply a small production crop beyond the ratio calculation. Keep critical details away from the edge and confirm border options.
The 5 × 7 format is popular for desk frames, greeting cards, event portraits and small gifts because it feels more substantial than 4 × 6 without requiring the wall space of 8 × 10. Its shape is also common in ready-made frames and folded card products.
A 5:7 print is not the same ratio as a 3:2 camera image. Filling it removes about 6.7% of a typical 3:2 image area, usually from the long direction. Preview that crop around heads, hands, borders and captions instead of accepting an automatic centre crop.
If composition matters more than edge-to-edge coverage, fit the complete image and design a border. For greeting cards, also distinguish the flat artwork size from the folded size and include any fold-safe guidance supplied by the printer.
For this 5 × 7 example, the printer requests 3 mm bleed on every edge and a 5 mm safe margin inside trim. The artwork canvas becomes 133 × 183.8 mm, or 1571 × 2171 pixels at 300 PPI. The protected region is 117 × 167.8 mm. These are example production requirements, not part of the paper standard.
Set the trim before placing the layout, extend the real background into bleed, and keep faces, lettering and other essential content inside the provider’s safe margin. A raster canvas and a PDF with page boxes describe the same physical job differently; do not scale all artwork simply to include an export border.
Recalculate with your printer’s exact margins5 × 7 identifies the final physical format. Bleed expands the artwork beyond that edge; a safe margin moves important content inward. Those extra values depend on the print provider.
Calculate bleed and safe areaUse the source pixels, final orientation and intended crop for greeting cards, portraits and small frames; then confirm the required PPI with the provider.