2 Part Question : Resolution + Color Palletes...

Hello Everyone!

I have a two questions I require input with and hope someone can clear them up for me;

#1 - Resolution :: Pixels per Inch :: >> What would be a choice resolution for someone who *primarily* develops for the web? I generally us the default 72 ppi however have always been curious if that was what other developers use as a standard. Ideally I would like to know if increasing the resolution would improve the quality of ( for example ) the output of the tutorials offer on the site as applied to a start from scratch layout? So if you wouldn't mind revealing what you generally use in your own works that would be great...

#2 - Color Pallete(s) >> What do you recommend for web based work? I currently use sRGB as a default. I would appreciate some insight into what a web developer should be using as a standard or common accepted practice.


Anyhow I thank you inadvance for any help. This site is killer.

I use 72dpi and the standard RGB palette for everything I do. That's the highest the screen can display, so if you do higher than that then your image will be bigger than you originally intended. I guess you could shrink it back down when you are done, but what's the point in that.

As for the colors I just use the standard palette like I said. I don't really limit my colors to a "web safe" palette or anything like that.

hmm - it depends on wthe kind of work you are doing — if you are doing highly complex graphics and headers - with lots of subtle gradients and detail then its best to work at at least 200% of the output size. This is becasue every edit/adjustment you make degrades the image slightly- and cumulative adjsutments/edits will eventually look awful. Just downsample by 50% at the end - and if you want do a mild Unsharp Mask to bring the full crispness through.


When you say "palettes" do you mean Color Spaces? sRGB is the crudest space provided in Photoshop - and it assumes that your audience has a VERY old and crude monitor. Many web designers use it because it assumes the lowest common denominator, but there are more realistic spaces — Adobe RGB and ColorMatch which might be better.

Ok guys I have taken note and thank you for your time to explain those issues! :D