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phil180
Inspiring
January 6, 2022
Question

Vectorize or PNG?

  • January 6, 2022
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I am updating my GMail Banner and it seems that the PNG i am attempting to use goes "Fuzzy" when I reduce it from ORIGINAL SIZE down to LARGE.

Could any of you fellow PHOTOSHOPIUNS advise please?

PS: I have made up the artwork within the pixel peramaters requested...

 

I look forward to your reply...thank you in advance!    Phil

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lambiloon
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2022

Hi if it has any background then use Jpeg file format also try to increase resolution...regards

Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional
D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2022

Fid out the pixel size it displays at. Open it in your browser and take a screenshot. Crop it accurately and see how many pixels. Then prepare your original to that size exactly.

 

Now, I don't know what gmail does, but if it's a responsive website (sizing according to browser width), it will be scaled regardless and will never be entirely sharp. You don't get sharp images on responsive sites, that's just the reality and you have to live with it.

 

Another complication is 4K screens. In that case the browser will scale up the image to twice linear dimensions (one image pixel = four screen pixels). This is the standard industry workaround so that the same material can be used whatever screen technology the user has. This 2x scaling, although clean pixel doubling, can be enough to give a slightly blurred impression.

phil180
phil180Author
Inspiring
January 6, 2022

Thank you for your advice.

I am working on a 32" Screen, so I'm anticipating that most of my sent GMails will not be that "Big" when viewed...?

Perhaps I am being too fussy, but I apreciate your words of wisdom!

 

Thanks...Phil

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2022

Anything on screen is not about "size" as such. That's irrelevant. It's about pixel dimensions, how many pixels wide by how many pixels high. That's all you should be concerned about.