Hi,
Anyone has any advice on getting retina images for my Newsmag site? It seems that any plugin I use doesn’t work or it works briefly and then stops.
Which plugin does everyone use? What are the settings? Are there any known conflicts that prevent plugin from working?
Thanks
I personally haven’t found the need for retina versions — meaning, do you really want to have TWO versions of all your images AND all the thumbs ?
Fact is – most people looking at content on retina/HD are doing so on mobile devices (e.g., phone, iphone, iPad) and in effect if you have an image on your desktop version, when it appears on mobile the pixel density is still double … meaning if you show a responsive 640×480 image half size, technically the visible ‘density’ still appears “double” when viewed at 320×240 … all my desktop images look amazing on my retina iPhone 6 and iPad Air — no extra “retina” tomfoolery needed.
You may have a special need to do this, but for our sites it has been a non-issue.
If you’re trying to show retina images to UHD/retina desktop/TVs, where you want to show a 1280×960 image vs 640×480, then you’d need to find solution that does that just for the desktop viewport vs “all” viewports, where — as I’ve illustrated — it’s a bit redundant for mobile.
Not sure that helps in any way — just fully understand the hype around retina ready/compatible before wasting a lot of time on that. Content is still the most important element. 🙂
