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Topic: Best file size and Showkase website selection choice

Currently I export from DxO PhotoLab (raw-to-jpg) using a resizing mode (longest side) of 800 pixels for small devices (e.g. mobile phones), 1280 pixels for regular (e.g. tablets), and 1920 pixels for large devices (e.g. monitors). After building my gallery with JuiceBox, I copy over the files it generated with those I generate from PhotoLab because I can select Bicubic sharpen in PhotoLab during the export. I find the JuiceBox generated images soft and this fixes the problem.

From my testing this seems to work well, but I’m interested in getting thoughts on whether these sizes are still the best choices based on current hardware capabilities. Also, is there a way of knowing which size file Showkase chose to use on a particular device?

Thanks,
Brian

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  • Registered: 2012-04-24
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Re: Best file size and Showkase website selection choice

Your custom dimensions match well with the Small, Medium and Large image dimensions that Juicebox-Pro uses by default for its Multi-Size images (800 x 600, 1024 x 768 and 2048 x 1536 respectively).
These default dimensions have not changed since Juicebox-Pro was introduced but I think they are still pretty good default values that cover most scenarios.

Of course, one person's site might have a completely different target audience to someone else's site whereby visitors might be more inclined to view the site on a mobile device (or conversely, on a large desktop monitor), in which case, you might want to change these values accordingly.

If you are using Multi-Size images for a Juicebox-Pro gallery within Showkase, there's no quick and easy way to tell which image size is being served up without delving into the browser's developer tools to see if the image originates from the 'images/' folder (Medium), the 'images/small/' folder (Small) or the 'images/large/' folder (Large).