Optimum pixel size for album artwork?

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Optimum pixel size for album artwork?

When I search for artwork I see very many different sizes available such as, 50x50, 400x400, etc. What is the optimum size to use in iTunes when the artwork will be displayed on an iPod, an iPhone, and an iPad? If I understand correctly, iTunes will resize the artwork to display properly on the devices, but I was wondering if I should look for a "standard" size to add to iTunes that will still look correct whether it is on an iPod or an iPad.

Active: iMac (G5, G4), PB G4, iPad, iPhone, iPod, MP2100 Retired: iMac G3, A2c, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Mac OS 10.4.11, Mac OS 9.2.2, iPhone OS 3.2 & 3.1.3, Newton OS 2.1

Posted on Jun 2, 2010 4:31 PM

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turingtest2

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Jun 2, 2010 5:57 PM in response to romad

iTunes store art is generally 600x600.

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romad Author

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Jun 2, 2010 6:46 PM in response to turingtest2

Thanks. If I can't find artwork that size, I'll try to get as close as possible if the source is smaller. If it is larger, I can scale it down using GraphicConvertor.

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Limnos

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Jun 2, 2010 8:24 PM in response to romad

Of course it also depends upon how much space you have on your drive, and how much space on a player if you add them to mp3s or whatever. Perhaps not a huge difference but if you start adding 500k image files to 20,000 tracks then it does add up to a GB or two.

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romad Author

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Jun 4, 2010 7:08 AM in response to Limnos

Well, I have an 80 GB iPod, a 64 GB iPad, and a 32 GB iPhone, but less than 10 GB of music so I should be OK for a long time.

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