5 Replies Latest reply: Sep 30, 2014 9:57 AM by Bob Levine

InDesign doc set to 2048 or 1024 for retina displays?

stubs2345 Sep 29, 2014 10:50 PM

I know this has been discussed previously, and for broad distrubution it's best practice to use 1024 x 768 and vector where possible... but are there any advantages of setting up your InDesign doc to 2048 px? If I want to distubute just to retina iPads, is it best to simply go 2048 or still best practice to use 1024?

Thank you.

1. Re: InDesign doc set to 2048 or 1024 for retina displays?

Lohrii Alo Sep 29, 2014 11:27 PM (in response to stubs2345)

If targeting just the retina ipads, why not 2048
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2. Re: InDesign doc set to 2048 or 1024 for retina displays?

stubs2345 Sep 30, 2014 1:14 AM (in response to Lohrii Alo)

Thanks. Any disadvantages to 2048? Thank you.
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3. Re: InDesign doc set to 2048 or 1024 for retina displays?

Bob Levine Sep 30, 2014 5:03 AM (in response to stubs2345)

My $0.02 is that for limited distribution for retina devices, it's okay to
use 2048x1356 PNG folios. The real benefit here is that the pages don't have
to be rendered as PDF. The drawback is that there will be no pinch and zoom.
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4. Re: InDesign doc set to 2048 or 1024 for retina displays?

Neil Enns - Adobe Sep 30, 2014 9:54 AM (in response to Bob Levine)

I would still use 1024x768 as PDF. PNG folios at 2048x1536 are gigantic and a painful download experience for your readers.

Neil
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5. Re: InDesign doc set to 2048 or 1024 for retina displays?

Bob Levine Sep 30, 2014 9:57 AM (in response to Neil Enns - Adobe)

Generally, I would agree with that but I did one recently for a client for a very targets sales piece. They weren’t happy with the rendering time for the PDF folios and only had a few iPad3 devices for it.
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