Resolution query

SarahBK

Hi,

I am a bit of a novice when it comes to photography and need some help with a particular photo. I have been asked to find said image in high resolution, with a mb of between 1 and 2. On the website for the photo, it is described as having Pixels @ 300dpi - JPG. The photo comes in several sizes listed below are the sizes. Is there a simple way to calculate which one is high resolution with a mb of between 1 and 2?


Pixels @ 300dpi - JPG

X-Small: 400x268
Small: 800x536
Medium: 1600x1071
Large: 3872x2592

Splinters

No afraid not, the content of the image will also have a bearing on the image size, amongst other factors such as embedded data so theres no mathematical formula that will calculate the image from the sized you've given. I would imagine from those sizes that the 1600x1071 is most likely to be in or around that size but depending on a number of factors I could be totally wrong. For the record a 1 - 2 meg size image probably isnt going to be overly high resolution too. I suppose it depends on what its for. For pure web use that could pass for high resolution, for print work that wouldnt be overly high at all.

SarahBK

Thanks for getting back to me, it's for a still for a TV show. Here is a link to the image itself.

http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=113455

Splinters

If its going to be shown full screen Id go with the larger image. Assuming the show is in HD resolution (which it may not be, you might want to double check) then it would be 1920x1080. If the image was any smaller then that you're stretching pixels to cover it.

Theres minimal difference in price so its probably better to go with the highest resolution version. You can always reduce the size if you have a large image.

magicbastarder

the highest res you would possibly need for a TV screen is HD resolution - 1920 x 1080.
don't worry about the dpi, it's not pertinent on TV.
so the medium image would probably be fine.

Splinters

You'd still be stretching pixels to cover the HD resolution though. Admitedly not by much but still for the sake of 2 or 3 euro or whatever it was why not just use a high resolution image. That'd be my take on it anyway.

Kenny Logins

Get the largest one and scale it down, it'll be sharper.

stcstc

you might want waaaaay more than 1920*1080 for tv, for example i often do things like pan and tilts across higher res imagesas part of a hd show