Limitations on Image Usage

The following limitations apply to the images that system applications and libraries can use.

	Nintendo 3DS Camera	Photo Selector Applet	Images written to ImageDb
Maximum resolution	4096 x 3072 pixels or less However, large images are shrunk when loaded [1]		4096 x 3072 pixels or less
Minimum resolution	160 x 120 pixels or greater If an image is reduced, the resulting image must meet these conditions.
Data size	10MB or Less	400KB or Less	JPEG: 200 KB or less MPO: 400 KB or less The library adjusts quality automatically in order to fit within these limitations.
Thumbnail	1280 x 960 pixels or less However, images are reduced in size to 320 x 240 pixels or less [2]		Created automatically at 160 x 120 pixels or less

[1] The 3DS camera and ImageDb shrink images to 1024 x 768 pixels or less; the photo selector applet shrinks them to 320 x 240 or less. Images are shrunk to either 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, or 1/16 their original size, based on their size.

[2] Images that do not have thumbnails cannot be handled, unless the following conditions are met.

The resolution of the original image is 1024 x 768 pixels or lower
The size of the image is no more than 200 KB for JPEG images, or 400 KB for MPO images.

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