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What is the best size of images and videos for websites?

  • What is the best size of images and videos for websites?

    Posted 14 years 7 months ago
    • Hello! I am pretty new to this and wanted find out the best sizes for an image (and video) for a website. I have some pretty large images, but I wanted to get a feel so that when people give me an image, they give it to me in the right sizes.

      Also, for those that I have that are humongous, not sure how I can EFFECTIVELY resize them without compromising the quality. Should I work with JPG or PNG?
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    Re: What is the best size of images and videos for websites?

    Posted 14 years 7 months ago
    • I prefer this size: vimeo.com/11673745
      And you can blow it up to HD too if you want to.

      And image formats... I love PNG and hate JPG :)
      JPG destroys the image and also distorts the colours.

      PNG is normally bigger than JPG but you can always try some PNG crunchers to reduce the size.
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  • Re: What is the best size of images and videos for websites?

    Posted 14 years 7 months ago
    • Photoshop is great for resizing images.
  • Re: What is the best size of images and videos for websites?

    Posted 14 years 7 months ago
    • @prim... That video was AWESOME... I'll stick to PNG files... But, numerically, what sizes should I be using?

      @MountainTech... I am using Photoshop, but it seems as though when I reduce the size I reduce the quality... Maybe I am doing something wrong...

      Do you guys have any recommendations on the numerical ranges of image size limits?

      Thanks!
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    Re: What is the best size of images and videos for websites?

    Posted 14 years 7 months ago
    • But, numerically, what sizes should I be using?

      <div style="width: 640px; height: 320px;" class="player" id="vimeo_player_11673745">

      Firebug is such a nice tool... :)
      when I reduce the size I reduce the quality... Maybe I am doing something wrong...

      You can't have your cake and eat it...
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  • Re: What is the best size of images and videos for websites?

    Posted 14 years 7 months ago
    • Thank you... I will keep this in mind for our horizontally inclined images...

      LOL... Which is always so confusing since isn't that the whole point of HAVING cake?

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