10-08-2010, 07:22 PM | #1 |
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Cover Art pixels
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I just wanted to know if anyone knew what dimensions cover art should be to fill in the whole screen Kindle 3 screen. (So as to avoid white space on the edges of the cover art). Thanks in advance! |
10-08-2010, 08:41 PM | #2 |
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10-09-2010, 12:10 AM | #3 |
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The DX has 824 x 1200 pixels, so if you want the cover art to be big enough for a DX without stretching, you need to consider that as well. This is appx. a 2.75:4 ratio. I'm not sure why they used a different ration than the K1, K2, and K3. To be safe you could use a 900 x 1200 pixel cover art. It would rescale perfectly to a 3:4 ratio for the K1, K2, and K3. It would be resized a bit for the DX, but still look okay I think. If you use a the Amazon DTP to create your Kindle book, good luck. The DTP does weird things with image sizes. (I'm talking about embedded images and not the cover art.) I used to know the size limitations but have long since forgotten. Below a certain size images are automatically doubled in size making them look crappy on the Kindle screen. Above a certain size DTP leaves them alone. It is some weird non-intuitive size, so Google for it or just experiment. Last edited by jswinden; 10-09-2010 at 01:19 PM. |
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