What is the ideal size to display a photo on the new iPad?

[coreysandler]

2048 pixels wide and 72 dpi? 96 dpi? does this matter?

 

[emorydunn]

2048 pixels wide and 72 dpi? 96 dpi? does this matter?

I think the "ideal" resolution and dimensions would be to use the native resolution and dimensions, which is around 240 PPI at 2048x1536 I believe. It's actually somewhat close to print resolution.

 

[G5isAlive]

won't it just scale to fit the screen regardless of dpi, so ultimately isn't it the pixel dimensions alone that are the critical number? i.e. 2048 x 1536?

 

[Ruahrc]

Correct, only the pixel dimensions matter

Arguably, the iPad3 resolution is so high that 1:1 pixel matching is not necessary, because your eyes cannot distinguish individual pixels on the ipad screen. That is the whole point behind "retina" level resolution.

 

[Laird Knox]

Keep in mind that your dimensions will be slightly off if you are talking about a web page. Safari is going to use up some of that screen real estate.

 

[motorazr]

For photos themselves, I've experienced that the iPad 2 does a great job of scaling full-resolution 18MP photos to fit in a crisp manor; I can't imagine the new iPad would do anything less except allow an even more exceptional view to begin with.

Although as noted, web-pages are special.. I deal with these some and the original iPad has already been a challenge for clients who don't want to make new iPad / iPhone sites but expect images to magically double or triple normal resolution seamlessly...