The myth of DPI
February 22, 2010, 06:52:55 PM
We've talked about this here a few times. I've even posted a few images. But I haven't come across another page that explains it quite this well why DPI doesn't matter for the images you post online.
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/02/the-myth-of-dpi/ 
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Reply #1 - February 23, 2010, 10:30:19 AM
That's interesting. Thanks for posting. I had no idea that it didn't matter. :-)
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Reply #2 - February 26, 2010, 03:32:03 PM
Yes . . . but . . . I pretty much always size at 72DPI and select the SIZE in inches that I want the image to take up. This allows me to get away with doing less math!
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Reply #3 - February 26, 2010, 04:07:41 PM
But 72dpi has nothing to do with the size on screen. I might be running a 19" monitor at 800x600 and you might be running the same monitor at 1600x1200. The same image is going to be much bigger on my monitor.
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Reply #4 - March 01, 2010, 02:00:59 PM
This is true, but everything is relative: This does allow me to control the size of each image in relation to each other and the size of the screen. I understand that it doesn't mean anything by itself.
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Reply #5 - March 01, 2010, 03:46:46 PM
Gotcha, that make sense.
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