Big is the next big thing in web industry. After being a dominant element of photography and portfolio websites, full-size image backgrounds have formally crossed boundaries and have now become a swanky feature of mainstream websites. Full-screen image backgrounds are breaking the typical look of the website and are presenting a smarter and cleaner look to the viewers. The bold visual statement creates an outstanding impression on your website visitors.
The incredible visual experience entices the web audience to visit the site again and again. What can be a better approach to showcase the exclusive products or services offered by a particular company? Big background image is a great way of expressing the function or aspiration of the business more quickly and straightforwardly. It is a time-tested fact that a picture is worth thousand words thus you can sum up the complete perception of the business in one big image. Usually high-resolution photograph or animation is used as background images.
Full screen background images certainly have a great impact on the web audience hence if it is not implemented appropriately it can have a negative impression. Before you opt for the large backgrounds, you need to follow certain basic pointers, so that you do not goof up with the final outcome.
Major concerns while designing full-screen background for website:
- Contrast between image and text:
First and foremost, you need to ensure that you maintain a perfect contrast between the image and text or else it may affect the readability. You should know to flawlessly mix match the typography and image to make the view dramatically appealing.
- High-resolution:
If the image appears to be blurred, how will it attract the viewers? To make the image really attractive, it should be of high-resolution. Then only it will create a lasting impression on the audience. So do not compromise on the resolution factor.
- Responsive web-design:
The major problem with big background is the responsive aspect. With the increasing use of smartphones, mobile phones, tablets, laptop, it has become quite vital that the web-design matches every screen type. The colossal image should not look bizarre on the small screens or else it will let down numerous visitors. Web-designer should experiment the image with different browsers and test it on various screens. Responsive design is hard to achieve with big backgrounds. You need to first determine the size of the background and make sure it looks striking when viewed in high resolution on any platform.
- Page load time:
Another key concern with full size background images is the page loading time. You need to initially verify what will be the effect of the image size on the bandwidth use and the page load time of the website. Most of users have now shifted to mobile phones for utilizing web services, so if the load time is too long, you can lose wide number of customers around the world.
- Symmetry of the website:
It’s not incorrect, if you align the image center, tiled or scaled but is should be done with perfection. If you use the technique wrongly, it will create a mediocre or average looking website which may not look impressive.
- Just highlight the homepage:
It is better to use large backgrounds only for homepage rather than for all web pages. Not only the designing part will be difficult but the essence will also be lost. Keeping just a full-size high resolution background image for the homepage will look accentuating. You can pay more attention to the information, objective and content on other pages. You can play a slideshow of images on the home page which will make the site look more eye-catchy.
By concentrating on the above points, you can make your website, more attention-grabbing and impactful. So what are waiting for, go big and dig more visitors for your website.
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