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title: "The amazing HTML5 Picture Element"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-amazing-html5-picture-element-t7ppdzrdv
source_url: https://eke.hashnode.dev/the-amazing-html5-picture-element
type: article
source: "Hashnode"
author: "Victor Eke"
published: 2022-05-25T05:08:51.692Z
updated: 2022-05-25T05:08:51.693Z
tags: ["html"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 22
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# The amazing HTML5 Picture Element

**[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@eke](https://daily.dev/eke) · 3 min read · 22 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

The picture element is an HTML element for declaring images based on different screen sizes or viewport. It takes in two properties, the — <source> tag which makes use of the srcset property to specify different images. There are a few use-case scenarios in which the picture tag can be very useful, below are three examples.

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**@danieltp19** · 2 upvotes

> Well, I wouldn't call the Picture element "amazing". It's a very basic HTML5 functionality.
> To resume, you can serve a different image source depending on browser viewport.
> It's important to optimize responsive images and ensure art direction when cropping.

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