high-res

Crisp image quality

High-res is short for high-resolution, describing images, video, or displays with fine detail and sharp clarity.

The term implies enough pixels or data points that individual elements aren't visible to the eye: The high-res photos showed every pore on her face.

Opposite of low-res.

visual-quality

sharpness

Keenness of edge, mind, or image

detail · fidelity · texture · contrast · saturation · luminance · depth · richness · gradation · realism

technical

megapixel

Million picture elements

  • pixelsDisplay's smallest points
  • 4KHigh-resolution video standard
  • retinaLight-sensing tissue layer

bitmap · raster · upscale · downscale · compression · lossless · RAW · uncompressed · DPI · PPI

precision

accuracy

Degree of correctness

calibration · satellite · microscopy · forensic · scientific · diagnostic · mapping · surveying · measurement

imaging

photography

Creating images from light

print · scan · camera · DSLR · mirrorless · sensor · enlargement · cropping · zooming · export

Categories
Opposites
image/display resolution

high-reslow-res

Poor image quality

low-resolution · 480p · compressed · downsampled · lo-res

perceptual clarity

high-resblurry

Indistinct, lacking definition

pixelated · fuzzy · grainy · blocky · muddy

Family

high, higher, highest, highly, highness, resolution, resolutions, resolve, resolved

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