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Reply To: Is there an advantage to creating an image size of 2048×2048 as opposed to, say, 2000×2000?

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August 19, 2015 at 1:58 pm #22351
Kent Trammell
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    The math behind 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096,8192, etc is known as “Preferred numbers”. With computer architecture these numbers theoretically are the most optimized for calculation. Notice with computer software and hardware: 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems, 512 MB of ram, 8bit/16bit/32bit images, etc. See this wiki for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_number#Computer_engineering

    That’s why standard practice for texture resolution is 2048 instead of 2000. Though I can’t say I’ve ever tested for myself the assumed benefit. But there’s nothing *wrong* with using 2000 for your texture resolution.