Picture size?

> I bring it in at 264 dpi...

Anything over 72 dpi is wasted and only acts to bulk up the process.

>I've read the posts...

Not sure what can be added if you've already been thru the existing posts on sizing, sorry.

You want a full-sized photo where....background...widget....? Which orientation?

I think I understand what you are saying.

The thing to remember is to customise all your images before starting out on your book.

For best display in iPad 3 Retina, images in landscape should be 2048 width and height can be 1536 or 1496.

you should set your resolution before setting the size dimentions and check the constrain of whatever image processor used does not aler this. Any image bigger then 2 megapixels ( unless the recent updates changed this) will be flagged after you click "Deliver" and will need to be adjusted before you can move on.

After your images are iBA ready - if your page has a placeholder image & is masked... drag your image and drop into the placeholder - before "dropping" make sure you see the blue outline in the mask or the image will sit on top of and not in the mask and it will adopt the dimentions. After that you can juggle with the mask and or placeholder frame setting as you will.

Dragging an image and dropping outside of, or on a page without a placeholder mask - and your image will - as you say appear to be smaller. Open the Inspector at the rule icon =Metrics and it will show a size.. say.. 507 x 650. Look for the bar "Original Size" click that and it will show your images as..say, 2048 x 1536. Cancel that and return to the small images and pull it to the size you want to display or you can add a mask to the image and resize as desired.

Having jumped through hoops with this and similar image size and placings, I now set up a template and using 1 landscape masked placeholder image and one in portrait, I set the layout ( copy and paste the placeholder images as many as you require) and then drop in my chosen images.

If you have pre-sized your images at 2048 x 1536, it will fill the page. If you have images smaller or bigger than the accepted dimentions, Apple will not deliver the book. The image size Apple look at is the original image size NOT the size you have it on your page.

Remember what I wrote. IF you dont drop the iamge into a masked placeholder...it will be smaller than the page and you need to pull to teh size you want.

IF you drop the image into a masked placeholder correctly - you can then edit teh mask size and also the image size to fit the aperture.

IF you want a full size image as the background - you will need to pull the dropped image to size.

You can also edit your template to that all or selected page types ( chapter, section, page etc ) have your BG image locked in place and un-editable if you choose.

The screen shot you have shows you have put the image over the text template. if you are not using the text part.. you can delete it of kill the linking to other pages. Its often better to have a blank page if you are making a pictorial and adding text using teh text box option. Even so, if you pull that image over the text template... it will force it off that page or sit on top of it.

it's difficult to understand what you need..

of course image 2048x1536 doesn't fit the page exactly.. in ibook there is a 40px tool bar.. images must be 2008x1536 or 1496x2048 so you must mask or resize it (i agree with vinnyvg).

why do you refer always to 264dpi, as says KT "Anything over 72 dpi is wasted and only acts to bulk up the process" if your images have been saved for web they are in 72dpi

264 ppp is the ipad3 resolution it means that there is 264 pixels x 7,75 pouces = 2048

if you want high resolution image 2048x1536 save for web in jpg at 70% is a good compromise

This is extracted from a support email:

Thank you for contacting iBookstore Publisher Support.

Our book image guidelines and best practices have not changed as a result of the new retina display for iPad. Images should not exceed 2 million pixels. Books with images over 2 million pixels will not go live in the iBookstore. As stated in a previous email, the cover art may be larger than 2 million pixels, and the shortest side should be at least 1400 pixels in size.

You can calculate pixels for your images by multiplying the height of the image by its width. The Inspector tool is very helpful determining this information.

Feel free to contact us again if you have any other clarification questions.

Apple do not really help with replies like this, it would be far easier and avoid lots of confusion and work if the simply issued a table of images sizes and resolutions.

put 1024 pt in size and 0 0 in position but your image must be 2048/1496 (not 2048/1536) to fill exactly

i think so,

i have said precedent post " if you want high reso image..." may be for interactive widget that can enlarge by reader, but to my mind for fix fullscreen image 1024 / 748px is enough.

sorry for my bad english... I am french 😝