Very large images

Testing maximum resolutions…

Introduction

Here are some samples of very small up to gigantic images, monochrome squares.

At the time of the writing, dimensions of up to 16383×16383 pixels are well supported:

• by all raster graphics file formats for the Web (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP),
• most top Web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera),
• common graphics program such as Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, Picasa, Shotwell,
• as well as common desktop software such as Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office, Libre Office, Nautilus (Linux),
• and libraries or command-line image processing tools such as ImageMagick, PNGOUT, GD, etc.

An exception is Google Chrome (as of version 26), which stops lower than the others at 8192×8192 pixels.

More details below.

Gallery

1×1 pixels (1px)

1×1 pixels PNG (269 bytes)

2×2 pixels (4 px)

2×2 pixels PNG (269 bytes)

4×4 pixels (16 px)

4×4 pixels PNG (103 bytes)

8×8 pixels (64 px)

8×8 pixels PNG (103 bytes)

16×16 pixels (256 px)

16×16 pixels PNG (104 bytes)

32×32 pixels (1024 px)

32×32 pixels PNG (104 bytes)

64×64 pixels (4.10 kpx)

64×64 pixels PNG (107 bytes)

128×128 pixels (16.4 kpx)

128×128 pixels PNG (117 bytes)

256×256 pixels (65.5 kpx)

256×256 pixels PNG (124 bytes)

512×512 pixels (262 kpx)

512×512 pixels PNG (147 bytes)

1024×1024 pixels (1.05 Mpx)

1024×1024 pixels PNG (243 bytes)

2048×2048 pixels (4.19 Mpx)

2048×2048 pixels PNG (625 bytes)

2048×2048 pixels GIF (3.9 kB) ← Maximum resolution for Internet Explorer 5.5 to 8 on Windows XP 32-bit, Android Browser 4.1

4096×4096 pixels (16.7 Mpx) ← Maximum resolution for Google Chrome 1 to 3, Konqueror 4.8, Netscape 3 to 4.8

4096×4096 pixels PNG (2.2 kB)

4096×4096 pixels GIF (11.6 kB)

8192×8192 pixels (67.1 Mpx) ← Maximum resolution for Google Chrome 4 to 26, Opera 8

8192×8192 pixels PNG (8.3 kB)

8192×8192 pixels WebP (2.7 kB)

8192×8192 pixels GIF (45.9 kB)

8192×8192 pixels JPEG (393.6 kB) ← Maximum resolution for Internet Explorer 5.5 to 8 on Windows XP 32-bit, Netscape 6

16383×16383 pixels (268 Mpx) ← Maximum resolution for WebP

16383×16383 pixels PNG (32.7 kB)

16383×16383 pixels WebP (10.4 kB) ← Largest WebP image

16383×16383 pixels GIF (182.2 kB)

16383×16383 pixels JPEG (1.6 MB)

16383×16383 pixels TIFF (160 kB)

16384×16384 pixels (268 Mpx) ← Maximum resolution for Microsoft Paint on Windows 8 64-bit, Internet Explorer 5.5 to 10, Mozilla Firefox 19, Opera 9 to 12, Netscape 6, Word 2010, Android Browser 4.1, Nautilus 3.4 on Linux Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit, Eye of GNOME 3.4, Shotwell 0.12

16384×16384 pixels PNG (32.7 kB)

32768×32768 pixels (1.07 Gpx) ← Maximum resolution for Libre Office Writer 3 on Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit, Microsoft WPF (System.Windows.Media.Imaging)

32768×32768 pixels PNG (160.6 kB)

46341×46340 pixels (2.02 Gpx) ← Highest resolution for signed 32-bit integers, PHP 5 64-bit with GD 2.0

46341×46340 pixels PNG (261.1 kB)

65535×65535 pixels (4.29 Gpx) ← Maximum resolution for Microsoft GDI+, Windows Explorer on Windows XP 32-bit to Windows 8 64-bit, Microsoft Paint on Windows XP 32-bit, Word 2007, Picasa 3.9

65535×65535 pixels PNG (521.2 kB)

65536×65536 pixels (4.29 Gpx) ← Highest resolution for unsigned 32-bit integers

65536×65536 pixels PNG (522.0 kB)

131021×131021 pixels (17.2 Gpx) ← Maximum size that can reliably be generated and opened by IrfanView 4.35 (32 bits) on Windows 8 64-bit with 8 GB of memory

131021×131021 pixels PNG (2.1 MB)

131072×131072 pixels (17.2 Gpx) ← 2³⁴

131072×131072 pixels PNG (2.1 MB)

262144×262144 pixels (68.8 Gpx) ← 2³⁶

262144×262144 pixels PNG (8 MB) ← Produced with IrfanView 4.40 64-bit on Windows 10 64-bit

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