About 3 or 4 years ago I did some research on the image size versus the viewer window size. I was looking a the "Master" Prof Dersch author of the ptviewer.jar [ver 2.5]. The highest quality parameter specified was 3.
ALL of his images that were viewed were sharp, clear, no rippling. I asked my self why he was able to get such great rendering when mine (up to that point) were terrible. Also the images were generally taken with a 3.34 mega pixel camera.
I found that there was indeed a dimensional relationship between his image and the viewer. On the average of 10 of Professor Derschs web page dispalys the viewer height was about 30 - 35 % smaller than the actual image height. So if your image height was 1200 pixels high, the viewer appeared [to me] best rendered at 300 pixels high. Hence, the 3x rule.
It is 4 years later now and ptviewer is now at version 2.7 and 2.8. Few rendering modifications have been added to the viewer such as Lanscros algorithm which allows quality parameter of 4 and 5. I will admit that the 3x rule might not apply now, because cameras are now 6 , 8 and 12 mega pixel flavors. Also, most of the forum members now are displaying their work 2/3 screen and 'FULL Screen'.
The 3x rule might still apply if you are using a 3 megapixel camera.
Hope this helps
Dave
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