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What size image for website background?
I am designing a website which features full screen background images. When I download these photos from a stock website should I go with:
• the medium size (847 x 565 px, 29.9 cm x 19.9 cm (72dpi)) or
• the large size (2508 x 1672 px, 21.2 cm x 14.1 cm (300dpi))
I will be using a web plugin which will resize the photo to fit any browser. Will the medium size become too low quality for larger screen sizes?
2 Answers
- JimLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
that should be interesting.
some monitors are SD (4:3 ratio) while some are HD (16:9 ratio) and some monitors might be cinema, they probably don't use them for web browsing, but it's possible someone does.
also, the monitors are different sizes. for instance, in 4:3 there are 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1280x960, 1600x1200, 2048x1536. there MIGHT still be some 800x600 monitors out there.
HD monitors come in sizes like 1366x768 (laptop), 1600x900, 720x405 if maybe it's web tv, 1920x1080, 1920x1280 or 1920x1024 and 2048x1152.
the web browser, if maximized, fits the screen, minus some pixels for the windows frame. there is a viewport or "client" area of the window. if it is not maximized, your window will be squashed. a way to fix this is to use a fixed-size web page, but then you might be dealing with scrollbars.
you COULD possibly find out the size of the element you want to fit the image into. it's difficult because of all the relativism and you want an absolute.
- JerryOfBorgLv 59 years ago
The answer is "All of the above".
Modern websites detect the size of the device and change accordingly.
