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Asked: 2026-05-30T13:59:09+00:00

I deal with high resolution images and sometimes put them up on the web.

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I deal with high resolution images and sometimes put them up on the web. One issue I’ve come across is that IE can’t (or won’t) deal with high resolution jpg images; it won’t even try to show them, whereas other browsers will. One obscure post I found mentioned that he heard from so-and-so that the limit was 150 ppi.

I can’t seem to find the reference for this anywhere, and I imagine that other useful image rendering rules for IE could be found near any official documentation. Any pointers on where this limitation might be documented?

EDIT: This image is at 300 ppi. View this in chrome or FF, it displays. In IE(at least IE 8, which I’m using) it won’t display.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As I suspected, your problem has nothing to do with the resolution of the image.

    The problem here is that you are trying to display an image in CYMK color-space. Many browsers (such as IE 8 and below) don’t like this.

    You should be using RGB for all of your web images. You can convert in Photoshop by clicking Image -> Mode -> RGB Color.

    As proof of this concept, here is your original image converged to RGB color-space at 1,000 PPI:

    RGB Example

    And, a screenshot of this working in IE 8:

    IE8 Screenshot

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