Gallery images grainy and low quality. How to fix?

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    I think it’s just a setting when you’re modifying the files or saving them. If you’re not changing it, it’s not that.

    I did try comparing some of your original files, though. You can get those by right-clicking an image in the carousel, opening in a new tab, then removing any numbers and what not after the .jpg. The originals that look bad have a much smaller file size. This original, for example, is 117 kB. This original is 1758 kB. I noticed as well that the resolutions vary.

    Also I will reiterate they look fine here. I’m on a 13″ retina display. If you’re using a large monitor and stretching out a somewhat smaller image, it could look bad. What are you using?

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    bubbasuess · Member ·

    I am using a huge sony tv as a monitor, so the image is pretty large. Nonetheless, most of the time, I do not have issues with images in the carousel.

    Regarding the differential in image size, the larger file you linked to is the normal size I shrink them to. When the sunset pictures were having issues, I tried halving the dimensions to see if that had an effect, which it obviously did not. I can reconstruct the original gallery, since the larger versions are still in the media library.

    All that to say, the different file sizes is not part of the problem, I would guess. I caused that myself.

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Are only sunset images affected, typically? Can you set up the galleries so that all factors are the same (compression, size, etc.) and then link to the ones that look bad for you vs the ones that look good?

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