depends on the screen resolution.

well, screen resolution is in regards to pixels right? like 1024.768 is measured in pixels. So if I have a site that stays at 1024 width

for instance, at web resolution, it's usually 72 pixels per inch

I am curious what in inches that would be so I can draw a header for it on paper

72 per inch, cool so 1024 width would be about 14.25 inches

Most LCD monitors are capable of 75 DPI. A dot in this respect is equal to a pixel so you can get 75 pixels per inch.

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All things being equal, that'd be about 14.25 in

yep

print is typically either 240DPIor 300DPI so for that medium the factor would be 300 to 1

but there's just not hard/fast conversion because different monitors display differently.

but if I'm laying something out in Illustrator and tell it I need it to be 1024 pixels wide, it gives me a 14.25" artboard.

OHH BECAUSE OF dpi i SEE

damn caps

yep, exactly

so at HD resolution, you can have 1000+ pixels per inch, hence the refined resolution

so 1024 pixels in THAT case would be about 1".

ok so if I am drawing on regular paper a full size header then I would want to draw it at about 14 inches in order to get it the same size..

this assumes square pixels which is right for monitor or print but pixels are not square for video so it depends.

..in PS when I scan it

I think that would be a safe play, yes.

for web yes

cool, off to the drawing board then so to speak

Jeff, right. I think in print terms.

been burned when doing video presentations and everything looked funky (technical term)

LMAO Jeff I prefer the highly technical term "wonky"

but I feel your pain.

more pleeps?

all things being relative, just use a bigger canvas than you need. always able to downsize, upsizing is the hard part

yes @pd more pleeps

he may add a few more of the plurk creatures in the mix too

there shouldn't be since pixels aren't a standard distance... different screen's show pixels at different sizes depending on the res and

the size of the actual screen itself