Title: Background Header (picture pixelated
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Background Header (picture pixelated

 *  [sowing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sowing/)
 * (@sowing)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-header-picture-pixelated/)
 * Hi,
 * I am trying to figure out how to make a photo that I have for a background, behind
   the logo (your health, your choice) and I cant figure out how to get it so it
   is not so pixelated.
 * any idea?
 * website: [http://yourhealthchoices.ca](http://yourhealthchoices.ca)
 * Thank you very much!

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 *  [Bob Cristello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gntmidnight/)
 * (@gntmidnight)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-header-picture-pixelated/#post-7208870)
 * Your CSS shows that you are using the COVER option for background-size. This 
   is why your image is pixelating.
 * The image is 1920 pixels wide which is more than wide enough but the actual height
   of the image is only 282 pixels high. The heigh of the element you are covering
   is 501 pixels high. Your browser is, in effect, zooming in on the image to double
   it’s height thus making your image pixelated.
 * I would keep the width of the image at 1920 but create the image with the height
   of 500 so it fills the box properly. You can then remove the COVER option for
   background-size from your CSS. If you are using Photoshop, export the file as
   a web ready photo using the JPG format at it’s highest setting.
 *  Thread Starter [sowing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sowing/)
 * (@sowing)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-header-picture-pixelated/#post-7209045)
 * thank you very much!

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