Rick... I took a close look at the provided images and they get better in quality as you scroll downwards, with the third one being the best quality. Places to look include any area containing a sharp color transition. The area around each of the turrets is a perfect example. This is generally where you're going to get artifacts and imperfect pixelation.
In the largest image using explicit JPG compression the artifacting around the turrets is almost invisible to the naked eye. The truth though lies in the image size. Here's the file size for each of them: Original: 547,549 LARGE Nearest: 107,395 Bicubic: 107,395 Explicit: 716,705 SMALL Nearest: 5,580 Bicubic: 5,566 Explicit: 28,309 So while the final image looks better, it's because less image data is being thrown away. The best test would be to get the quality of image generated by the explicit code as close as possible to the other two then check for file size. <!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:29 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Jave Image Manipulation Quality I know there are some of you out there who have been unhappy with the quality of images produced by the available java manipulation libraries, although the Alagad image component seems to do a fine job. I've been toying with various methods and pouring over java documentation the last 24 hours trying to get better image quality, and I think I've made some good progress. If you have a "discerning eye" and you're one of the people unhappy with java's output quality for thumbnails and such, please take a look here: http://www.webworksllc.com/imagecfc/ I think the third thumbnail looks pretty good if you load it into photoshop and blow it up 5x, I took a screen shot of the three thumbnails at 500% and you can see the difference here: http://www.webworksllc.com/imagecfc/comparison.jpg rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230854 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
