When uploading an image, is the larger version preferred or is the higher-resolution version preferred? Or can either version be uploaded? Or both?

Furry_Fanatic said:
When uploading an image, is the larger version preferred or is the higher-resolution version preferred? Or can either version be uploaded? Or both?

I say both can be uploaded but one of them has to be the parent image of the other one

Furry_Fanatic said:
When uploading an image, is the larger version preferred or is the higher-resolution version preferred? Or can either version be uploaded? Or both?

What?

The higher the resolution, the larger the image, if you are talking about the DPI than that is rather irrelevant on this site, that is just a zoom factor on top of the resolution.

Besides, the larger the better, as long as it isn't bloated up, e.g. it starts to get blurry or pixelated.

NotMeNotYouMobile said:
The higher the resolution, the larger the image, if you are talking about the DPI than that is rather irrelevant on this site, that is just a zoom factor on top of the resolution.

I guess what I meant by higher-resolution was higher quality, since an image with a higher resolution has more pixels and such, right?

I think sizes between 1024x768 and 1280x1024 are fine... but that's just me.

Furry_Fanatic said:
I guess what I meant by higher-resolution was higher quality, since an image with a higher resolution has more pixels and such, right?

In a way, yes.

The higher the resolution, the more pixel the image will have, DPI (Dots Per Inch) then says how many pixels are in one inch, the higher that number, the smaller the pixels, the sharper the image.

DPI on a computer graphic are irrelevant on a screen, since all pixels are of the same size on the same display, the image won't magically get sharper through that, this is normally only used for print.

So, yeah, look at the image in question and choose the better one, if the bigger one is still sharp, upload that one, if smaller one looks better, choose the smaller one.

Xch3l said:
I think sizes between 1024x768 and 1280x1024 are fine... but that's just me.

We aren't talking about resolutions until we hit 20k in both directions.

NotMeNotYouMobile said:
DPI on a computer graphic are irrelevant on a screen, since all pixels are of the same size on the same display, the image won't magically get sharper through that, this is normally only used for print.

In the same way that video games can use supersampling to increase overall image quality on the same resolution screen, a good image viewer is able to use data beyond the actual resolution of the screen (when viewing at less than 100% zoom) to smooth, anti-alias, and otherwise better draw the image.

So yes, often it will get "magically" sharper.

NotMeNotYouMobile said:
We aren't talking about resolutions until we hit 20k in both directions.

I was speaking for me, but if you want high res posts, look here or here

As you said, resolution comes in the form of DPI. So a higher DPI, the more pixels required to render a picture. Size and resolution complement each other

Foobaria said:
In the same way that video games can use supersampling to increase overall image quality on the same resolution screen, a good image viewer is able to use data beyond the actual resolution of the screen (when viewing at less than 100% zoom) to smooth, anti-alias, and otherwise better draw the image.

So yes, often it will get "magically" sharper.

Correlation and causation.

Supersampling works because AA is a waste product of the downscaling and not a extra step where you have to double render the image for the same result.

DPI on images can lead to the same results but are often useless, depending on the viewer.
But what I really meant is, if you look at both images in their native resolution, upload the one that looks better. If both are the same quality wise, upload the bigger one.
Tricking through DPI is a nice gimmick, but is still better to have the nicer picture without this. Kinda like you shouldn't choose a girlfriend based on her makeup.

Bigger is better. But watch out for artifacts, as they are a sign that the image has been artificially stretched.

ippiki_ookami said:
Bigger is better. But watch out for artifacts, as they are a sign that the image has been artificially stretched.

Curse you JPEG Compression! *shakes fist* Use PNGs. Unstretched, because they can end being pixellated