However, if you do, then it is.Įverything else looks awesomely clear on the Retina. If you’re doing print design and illustration and don’t need to zoom into your image to edit close to real pixel levels then the pixel doubling of the Retina won’t be an issue. There’s pixel doubling going on when viewing images at 100% their pixel size. Also, I wouldn’t be able to preview web sites like everyone else sees, as nobody else has a retina display. I do web sites, and I couldn’t use the Retina for designing web sites as 1:1 imagery is a major issue that exists in Preview, iPhoto, and Photoshop. It really depends on what you’re designing.
#Macbook pro 2012 non retina display pixels full
Click on the image to view larger full image. Here’s an example of the Retina display pixelated web image issue in action: Pixelated web image example on 15" MacBook Pro with Retina display. Until then, the 15″ MacBook Pro with Retina display will remain ahead of its time, and remind you of that little fact with every pixelated 1-to-1 graphic you’ll see on the web. I don’t think web sites will be cranking out 2x imagery for a single machine and new iPads alone, but when Retina style hi-dpi displays take up more market share… I’d bet you’ll see web site creators start to switchover their graphics. The Retina display is a groundbreaker that will take a while for everything and everyone to catch up. Everything else has pixelated 1-to-1 imagery.Īs a result, the 15″ MacBook Pro with Retina display is a mixed bag. Even Apple’s own web site only displays 2x Retina graphics on the home page and some iPad pages. It’s just a shame that when Phil Schiller said that apps will need to be updated to take advantage of the Retina display, he failed in a big way to mention all web sites do, too.
In fact, it’s downright spectacular to see…we’re talking ooohs and aaaahs-type stuff. Almost everything else in native apps and photos looks amazingly crisp and clear on the Retina display.
Everyone else on a normal 1-to-1 pixel display sees the normal logo at seemingly normal resolution, while Retina display-based Macs, iPads, and iPhones would see a dramatic increase in image quality due to the higher resolution. An example would be to use a 200 x 200 image to display a 100 x 100 image a web site. The fix for pixelated imagery is relatively simple, but it requires web site creators to make 2x scale versions of their images, but display them at the original 1-to-1 pixel size. Even the Google logo looks pixelated on the MacBook Pro with Retina, while everything else is so crisp and “Retina-esque”. Contrast that with a Retina display which commonly has 4 pixels in the space that used to occupy 1 pixel.įor a device that has pinching and zooming like an iPad, 1-to-1 pixel imagery is livable, but the 15″ MacBook Pro with Retina display isn’t a Multi-touch screen that promotes zooming, so the pixelated issue of 1-to-1 pixel imagery is very much an issue. The reason for this is that images on the web are made for 1-to-1 (1 pixel = 1 pixel) displays. The downside to iPad’s Retina display is that while text and other Retina-friendly imagery is razor sharp, images made for 1-to-1 pixel displays like almost all imagery on the web looks blurry, pixelated, or low resolution in comparison to the razor sharp look everything else has. The iPad’s Retina display presents print like resolution at a large size with razor sharpness. The iPhone’s Retina display empowers the user to see and read small items on a small screen. I love Retina displays… on Multi-touch devices, they’re awesome.
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