Sometimes, Quick Preview's images are fuzzy

mimeryme · Post by **mimeryme** » 2003 Dec 08, 21:51

How can I avoid having fuzzy preview images?

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2003 Dec 09, 03:35

Probably that's because the original is low-resolution, or magnified too much?

Then the shape is approximated with "mosaic" pattern, which makes it look fuzzy.
* All lines appear zigzagging
* All color planes appear "tiled"

The zoom control (in future) will take care of that.

mimeryme · Post by **mimeryme** » 2003 Dec 09, 06:45

Might it be magnifying the thumbnails? As it is, the images I see fuzzy in the preview are sometimes above 1000x1000px².

There's a zoom feature coming? Cool!

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 2003 Dec 09, 08:10

Even reverse is true: When a large picture is zoomed out (to fit in smaller frames), it gets fuzzy (because the picture is approximated by dropping out many pixels).

Only the vector-generated pictures stay undistorted in any size, because the computer draws them afresh.

The zoom will NOT help you there, because in any case your pictiure is too large for the frame (unless you resize the quick viewer to match its original size).

BTW about that future zoom feature: actually I assumed that part-- All I can say at present is that it's there in the list.

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2003 Dec 09, 20:13

I have always noticed that fuzzy (or grainy) effect in preview pane for pic-files. And assumed that it is a logical artifact from from a simple pixel decimation routine being used by x2. I think the question gets handed to nikos to indicate whether there will be a quality upgrade for this feature in the future.

But when I want to see my photos clearly, I use a photo viewer. I only use the preview pane to distinguish one pic from the next -- which it does well enough most of the time.

Post by **nikos** » 2003 Dec 11, 08:41

don't know why this happens.
it is a buglet that occurs only in XP and although i've seen it in the past, i don't anymore!

mimeryme · Post by **mimeryme** » 2003 Dec 11, 23:39

Hmm. I only started to use the quick preview feature recently. If I notice a trend of some sort, I'll be sure to report it.