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Standard Dimensions For Digital Images

This document provides standard dimensions for digital images in different uses including: 1) Typical capture sizes from digital cameras ranging from 3-10 megapixels and scans from 8x10 to 11x17 inches. 2) Common sizes for web pages, PowerPoint, and video including top banners, buttons, thumbnails, illustrations and prints. 3) Print size recommendations and resolutions for good and higher quality prints on inkjet and commercial printers ranging from 4x6 to 20x24 inches.

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Standard Dimensions For Digital Images

This document provides standard dimensions for digital images in different uses including: 1) Typical capture sizes from digital cameras ranging from 3-10 megapixels and scans from 8x10 to 11x17 inches. 2) Common sizes for web pages, PowerPoint, and video including top banners, buttons, thumbnails, illustrations and prints. 3) Print size recommendations and resolutions for good and higher quality prints on inkjet and commercial printers ranging from 4x6 to 20x24 inches.

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Standard Dimensions for Digital Images

This document will help you customize your images for different uses.

TYPICAL CAPTURE SIZES _____________________________________________


Digital Camera files
Aspect ratios vary for different camera, some standard examples:
• 3.1 MP - 2048 x 1536 pixels (JPG HQ 1.0 MB, TIFF 18.9 MB)
• 5 MP - 2580 x 2048 pixels (JPG HQ 1.5 MB, TIFF 31.7 MB)
• 10 MP - 3648 x 2736 pixels (JPG HQ 2.2 MB, TIFF 59.9 MB)

Scans
Good Quality: 8” x 10”, 300 ppi (3000 x 2400 pixels) 24 bit color
TIFF or PSD (Photoshop) file format
(Approximate file size: 20 MB)
“Archival” Quality: 11” x 17”, 300 ppi (5100 x 3300), 48 bit color,
TIFF or PSD (Photoshop) file format
(Approximate file size: 96.3 MB)

TYPICAL SIZES IN USE _______________________________________________


Web Pages
Typical browser window is 955 x 600 pixels. Each area of the page layout, such as the top
banner or columns, has additional width restrictions. Be careful not to overfill any layout area.
• Top banner: not more than width of container for page content
• Button or icon: 10 to 50 pixels wide/high
• Thumbnail link: 60 to 100 pixels wide/high
• In-line illustration: 250 to 350 pixels wide
• Enlargement: 600 w x 500 h to 1200 w x 800 h pixels
(larger dimensions assumes audience has high bandwidth connection and large display)

PowerPoint
(These are full-screen dimensions. Make images smaller if using captions or other text.)
• XGA projectors: (1024 x 768 pixels) 10” x 7.5” at 96 ppi
• UXGA projectors: (1600 X 1200 pixels) 10” x 7.5” at 160 ppi
This size image will also look good on older SVGA (800 x 600) or XGA (1024 x 768)

Video
Image files must be in RGB or Grayscale mode* (not CYMK). Before inserting into a video
project, crop images to constrain for aspect ratio: 4:3 for regular video, or 16:9 for HDV or DV
widescreen. For best results resize pixel dimensions as follows:

Standard Video (4:3 ratio)


iMovie HD6 & iMovie DV 720 x 528, or 1440 x 1056 (if using zoom & pan effects)
NTSC DV 720 x 480
DVCPRO 1280 x 1080
Widescreen Formats (16:9 ratio)
HDTV 720p 1280 x 720
HDTV 1080p 1920 x 1080

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Prints
Typical dimensions and resolutions for print: file sizes (approximate) are for flattened 8 bit TIFF
files, RGB mode.

Note: Check printing device specs or ask printing service to confirm best resolution.

Good Quality prints (240 ppi for inkjet, 300 ppi for laser, offset or photo services)

Print Size Inkjet printers (Epson/HP) - 240 ppi Laser, offset & photo printers - 300 ppi
4” x 6 “ 960 x 1440 (4 MB) 1200 x 1800 (6.2 MB)
5” x 7” 1680 x 1200 (5.8 MB) 1500 x 2100 (9 MB)
8 “ x 10” 1920 x 2400 (13.2 MB) 2400 x 3000 (20.6 MB)
11” x 17” 2640 x 4080 (30.8 MB) 3300 x 5100 (48.2 MB)
20” x 24” 4800 x 5760 (79.1 MB) 5400 x 7200 (111.2 MB)

Higher Quality Prints (360 ppi for inkjet, 600 ppi for laser, offset or photo services)

Print Size Inkjet printers (Epson/HP) - 360 ppi Laser, offset & photo printers - 600 ppi
4” x 6 “ 1440 x 2160 (17.8 MB) 2400 x 3600 (9.4 MB)
5” x 7” 1800 x 2520 (26 MB) 3000 x 4200 (72.1 MB)
8 “ x 10” 2880 x 3600 (59.3 MB) 4800 x 6000 (164.8 MB)
11” x 17” 3960 x 6120 (138.7 MB) 5100 x 3300 (385.2 MB)
20” x 24” 7200 x 8640 (356 MB) 12000 x 14400 (988.8 MB)

* Note: File size are for bitmap graphics. Vector graphic file sizes will be considerably smaller.

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