Gotta agree with Reinman. For me, the idea is most important. How many times have you commented or voted and said "nice idea" because the chop quality was only OK.

With that said, i also feel if someone asks you to "go big" you should do it. If they don't ask, then perhaps they aren't too concerned with being judged on the larger image size.

Maybe it's my monitor or something but most times when i "go big", i often dont see the added detail i'm being told to look for.

MARCOBALLISTIC - i'm guilty of running through comps looking at thumbnails. I like a thumbnail to jump out at me. But not all the time. (how can you judge a GIF thumbnail LOL)

HEY SHAMAN, why dont you post some example pics on this thread (thumbnail, normal and big size)? showing how you can benefit from going big...

Awesome Idea drum!
I'll show you three, cause I don't really have that many at 1280 size (because like I said, I don't like what happens, when PSC downsizes to fit into contest size)
These are mostly "all source" and PS brush work with little or no outside sources used.

thumbnail


contest size


biggie size


http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/127265/40-days--40-nights.html

thumb


contest size


biggie size


http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/151408/we-are-venom.html

This is one of my favorite space chops where it is all source.

thumb


contest


biggie


http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/134242/asteroid-3141592653589.html

as you can see esp with darker images, thumbnails can look like a black box, and if you don't go big, you miss a lot of the detail like star fields and such.


this is the standard size I'd like to adopt.
700x700 http://photoshopcontest.com/tournament/view/594/display.html
OR we can make it 700 x 500 if you wanna keep things more like they are today as a landscape format.

anyone else wanna throw some examples up?

Rey? I know you've got a few.

The H2H size is obviously the way to go, it can show a great amount of subtle detailed work and not need enlargement, it is the happy middle ground for this argument, and when an image is opened everyone will be 100% seeing the finished article, it negates the whole please click this big, look here load of tosh we are used to since the site was upgraded in 2006.

Some things need to return from the old days, for that I am certain.

I like to zoom in 200-300% on the biggie size image in a desperate attempt to find small inconsistencies to criticize. Just ask Marco.

that is so true it hurts

so right about the 700x700 without a click bro.



and thx ReyRey for what u said.....yep my stuff i all about textures and each time need to be clicked

I kinda like the 700X700, but I also like the go big for fine detail. To me that makes a good chop!
Would those detail be lost or am I'm I not getting it?

You guys know way more about this the I do.

I don't think you'd really loose that much TJ, but if you really wanted to show it even bigger, you could always put a link in the authors notes

I was thinking that too, 700 x 700 shows a damn site more than the size we currently have, I am always surprised in the H2H what can be done and seen easily.

MAKE THIS HAPPEN DAMN IT!!!

Maybe have the option of uploading either a 700x700 or something 1024x768...

no Steve no