Bloody hell, Bob! Isn't it summer over there? Shouldn't you be outdoors doing summer-y things? Perhaps it's raining.
However - thanks for the insight. I've placed this discussion in my 'hold' folder for future reference and/or to pass on to the next PUG-meister should he/she be brave enough to raise the image dimensions issue again..... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:11 +0100, "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Brian Walters > > > The main requirements are: > > > > * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels > > Godfrey mentioned a few weeks ago that pictures on my website seemed > quite > small at 600x400. I orignally chose this when the PUG was limited to > 700px > on the long since because it covers the 35mm ratios easily, whereas 700 > doesn't quite. > > I replied to Godfrey that my normal maximum for the long edge now is > 720px > because it subdivides nicely and means that every picture can have the > same > size long edge, which is good for consistency on the website. For example > 4/3rds is 720x540, normal 35mm dimensions are 720x480. > > The maximum of 800 has the same problem (perhaps too strong a word) as > 700 > in that for some aspect ratios setting the long side to 800px means that > the > short edge ends up as a fraction so you have to let your resizing > software > choose which pixels to remove. For example, 35mm dimensions become > 800x533.33333... So the biggest you can actually have without this > monkeying > about is 798, whereas for 4/3rds you'd get the whole lot in 800. > > This means that the website is likely to have different maximum > dimensions > on each page, which makes for a jerky and inconsistent appearance in the > page transitions. > > Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last > week > I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic > numbers > like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, > namely: > 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, > 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This gives you plenty of options for > different dimensions and cropping, while retaining that important > consistency. > > Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. > > B > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
