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Image quality issue?

Jan 22, 2017

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    1. I hope I have this in the right spot, feel free to move it if not!

      I've recently been having some issues with the quality of my photos, and it's driving me insane. I use my iPhone to take the pictures, then put them on my computer to edit and upload; all the way through the process they look great, nice and sharp and good quality. But when I upload them and copy the BBCode to paste on here, the quality goes down the drain. The photo looks fine on the site (I use Flickr, but I've tried others and they either compress like crazy or have the same issue), but no matter what size I upload or chose to post, the quality always gets awful.

      I always save as .png before uploading so they won't compress, and usually have my photos around 1000x1333px (though I've tried a whole range of sizes). I don't think my phone camera is the issue, considering they look great on the computer, even zoomed in drastically. It's getting really frustrating to have my pretty, clear pictures turned into a grainy mess when I try to post them. I've looked all over the internet for a week trying to find a solution, but I can't find anything anywhere.

      Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I'm at my wits end!
       
      #1 KiyoshiSenshi, Jan 22, 2017
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    2. I'd like you to post both a link to one of your photos on Flickr
      and then the BBS code for the sane photo. I think a demonstration
      be worth more than 1000 words in this case.
       
      #2 TomB, Jan 22, 2017
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    3. #3 KiyoshiSenshi, Jan 22, 2017
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    4. I know what you are saying. it most likely is resizing.. id try deviantart if it bugs you. but the photo you posted looks pretty good anyway!
       
      #4 Ikez, Jan 22, 2017
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    5. I'm positive you've already done this, but have you tried eliminating other possible problems, like perhaps a browser-specific problem in the way your browser is displaying images delivered that way? I know that sounds like a stretch, but I've looked between your posted photograph and the flickr post for the good part of five minutes, and I honestly can't discern a difference in quality on my end. They look just as crisp and clean as each other. Anything I can pick out is so miniscule that it's impossible to tell whether it's the case that it's different, or my brain is playing tricks on me.

      When browsing the forums, is this happening to images other people are posting via the same method, in your experience?
       
      #5 nattherat, Jan 22, 2017
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    6. @nattherat
      I hadn't actually tried different browsers or anything like that, thank you!
      ...But now I have, and it's not making any difference. Maybe I'm just going crazy? They just...really don't look the same on my end. There's more noise and less sharpness and detail. Maybe it has something to do with my editing or how I'm saving...maybe I'll try different file types or something, I'm not sure. I'll keep messing with it and see. :)

      EDIT: I think this looks the best so far (sorry if the picture is enormous). I saved as a JPEG instead of PNG and used the original giant size (it's like 3000x2000).

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      test       by Riley S, on Flickr

      EDIT again: Wow, that is much better! I think I fixed my own issue. Giant photos are a must, i guess! I'll keep fiddling with sizing to see what works and what doesn't. (I hadn't considered using JPEG because of the chance of compressing, but I guess Flickr doesn't do that.) Thanks everyone!
       
      #6 KiyoshiSenshi, Jan 22, 2017
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    7. For me, the quality is pretty much the same. The giant image looks sharpest to me because of it's downscaling the image.

      As a side note, on the web, it's best to use JPEG. If you're worried about compression just save it as a JPEG with maximum quality. Most websites only display JPEGs or gifs and convert your image to JPEG by default. You can lose more quality going from png -> jpeg than from jpeg -> jpeg.
       
      #7 Larin-Lazet, Jan 23, 2017
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    8. If you save as a high quality JPG 8 or greater you won't see any image degradation
      due to the image compression. Problems arise when you save it as work in process
      and wind up resaving it multiple times it's save | open | Modify | Save that will
      degrade your image. If you always save your work in process in an uncompressed
      format you can safely save your final image as a high quality jpeg.

      I too didn't see any obvious degradation between the link to Flickr and the BBS
      code. Do understand that the BBS code does not itself resize the image. It only
      creates a BBS understandable link to an image as resized by Flickr.
       
      #8 TomB, Jan 23, 2017
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    9. I too have compared the two and I really can't see any appreciable difference. You prefer the JPEG you posted. It is also the larger image. Could it be that you are just preferring a larger image, as you can see more? Wouldn't account for the noise you are seeing in the posted image, though. Very mysterious.
       
      #9 MadamMauMau, Jan 23, 2017
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