What is aspect ratio?
In a 2D world, Aspect Ratio is the ratio of width to height of a rectangular object. In the media domain, it can be used for Display, Image and Video sizes.
Representation of aspect ratio
It is expressed in the notion of width:height
. For example, an image of 300px
x 300px
has an aspect ratio of 1:1
and an image with 300px
x 150px
has an aspect ratio of 2:1
.
For a given aspect ratio, there are endless possibilities of sizes.