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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Designing your App Retina Display

Alex Suarez
Alex Suarez
868 Points
Posted by Alex Suarez
Alex Suarez
868 Points

How about the new Iphone 6 resolution?

I'm using the new Xcode and now we have the option to icldd a 3x image (which I suppose is for the new Iphone) so what are the px needed to use images on an iphone 6?

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Alex,

The @3x multiplier simply means you times the original image size by 3, for instance if I had an image with the dimensions 50x50 I would end up with the following.

  • @1x = 50x50
  • @2x = 100x100
  • @3x = 150x150

If you need information about icon sizes and what not see the iOS Human Interface Guidelines as it has a ton of image including the @3x multiplier.