Been posting my digital art on the wrong canvas size for 3 years

Last month I finally figured out why my artwork always looked fuzzy when I uploaded it to gallery sites. I had been working on a 3000x2000 pixel canvas since I started digital painting 3 years ago. Turns out most of these showcase platforms recommend at least 4000 pixels on the long side for crisp display on big monitors. I switched to 4500x3000 after a friend pointed it out and the difference is wild. My gradients and fine details actually show up now without compression artifacts. I also started exporting in PNG instead of JPEG and that helped too. Has anyone else messed with canvas dimensions and seen a big jump in quality?

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eric_johnson8d ago

Wait, shouldn't you export in PNG for quality and then convert to JPEG for sharing (which most sites actually prefer for file size)?

brian3038d ago

Skip the extra step. Just export as JPEG directly from your editor if you know the final use is sharing online. Save yourself the double work.