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 p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · "Best" image dimensions for showing images on the web | |
nolaguy wrote:
Obtuse reply of the day award goes to:
Sputnik,
Today 800 pixels on the long side is very conservative, 1000 is pretty safe. 1200 is workable but many people will have to scroll.
HTH,
Chuck
I personally disagree. Sure, the 'average' computer user might have a lower resolution screen, but not the average photographer, and probably still not the average consumer. Monitors nowadays are almost exclusively 1080p or higher (heck, you can buy a cheap 23" 1080p monitor for less than $200 now). I've slowly increased my web size images over the years. I started at about 640 pixels wide about 10 years ago, moved up to 800, then 1000, then 1200. Now my action fits to I believe 1400pixels wide by 900 tall. This will fit a 1080p monitor fine and still looks great on higher resolution monitors. I do design my main site to 1000 pixels wide, though, but that's because it's less about presentation than about content. When people click on my images there, or on my portfolio site, they come up scaled to their monitor, so I still stick with the 1400 pixel wide part. With a lot of people browsing on high end mobile phones and tablets, most of which push 1400 to 2000 pixels wide, the extra resolution is good for that too. An 800 pixel image viewed on a retina iPad looks pretty bad to be honest. A lot of forums have built in auto scaling as well for those with lower resolution screens too (though FM isn't one of them.
I think 1000-1400 pixels wide is a good sweet spot, and I wouldn't worry too much about scrolling at those resolutions.
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