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Designing Retina Web Graphics in Photoshop: Should You Work at 1x or 2x?(danrodney.com)

over 6 years ago from Dan Rodney, instructor, web developer, designer

  • Rhys MerrittRhys Merritt, over 6 years ago

    "Scaling down from 2x to 1x is never a problem"

    Unless your asset is an odd number of pixels wide. It's like you are purposely being difficult just to prove some sort of odd point.

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    • Dan RodneyDan Rodney, over 6 years ago

      I'm not being difficult, I'm just explaining why I believe what I wrote. Let's say you have an odd sized 2x asset, how horrible would the scaling down be? Not that bad. In many cases I'm not even creating 1x anymore. Mobile and tablet are already all 2x. It's just a matter of time until we don't care about making 1x graphics. I won't predict when that happens, but it will happen some day.

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      • Rhys MerrittRhys Merritt, over 6 years ago

        "Not that bad" - seems pretty half assed. It's concerning that you're an instructor.

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        • Dan RodneyDan Rodney, over 6 years ago

          In a situation that can be avoided... and again, becomes less and less of a problem as we move away from 1x. I'm skating to where the puck will be, not where it was.

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          • Rhys MerrittRhys Merritt, over 6 years ago

            Says the person using Photoshop! This couldn't possibly get any more ridiculous

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            • Dan RodneyDan Rodney, over 6 years ago

              I never said Photoshop was the ideal web design app. I used to use Macromedia Fireworks. I use Sketch. I use whatever design tool I need to. Sometimes I get to choose, sometimes I have to fit into a workflow with a client or company and it's not up to me. In the professional world I still encounter many people (and studios) that use Photoshop for web design. And if you have to use it, you have to decide how to design. Talking about Photoshop doesn't mean I'm endorsing it.

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