After all, the screen size plays the biggest part in how your work is going to be presented. One part of answering this question is looking at screen resolution. 60 Websites Using Fullscreen Photographic Backgrounds.
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Here are some examples of bigger corporation websites using full screen background images: Recently, full screen sliders and backgrounds have become hugely popular in general, and specifically in “flat” style designs.Ī few of the trade offs when it comes to background images: Depending on how heavily your site’s look, feel, and branding rely on the background images, choosing the right size could have a huge impact overall. The background image size question is important because it is a balancing act of trade-offs to get the best performing and best looking site.
So, the last time I got this question, I thought I’d take the time to formalize my answer (originally in late 2012). I’ve considered this question before on sites I developed like Kona Boys, BAS1S Architecture & Design, Mountain Girl Fitness, which use full-width background image sliders. “If I want to put a background image on a website that will span the background regardless of the display size a user is using, what would be the pixel dimension of the image?” The question asked is usually something like: