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Author Topic: Graphics are going in and out of focus on my site........  (Read 1201 times)
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« on: September 29, 2007, 08:08:51 AM »

I am currently using ZenCart to build my store.  I've noticed that some images look blurry while others are not.  In fact, they come in and out of focus.  No rhyme or reason to when this happens either.  I have optimized all the images in Fireworks, I believe all the same way.  Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem?  Could it be a scripting issue?  Help!  Confused

My site is www.tot2teenonline.com. An easy picture to look at is the one for baby bedding.  That one doesn't seem to ever change.  Strangely, when I uploaded it a couple of months ago, it looked fine.  But for the last month, it's been blurry.  Seems like more and more pictures are doing the same thing.  Please ignore the logo, this is in the works.  It's the category icons, and some product pictures that I am talking about.

Thanks for your help!
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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2007, 08:59:25 AM »

I'm looking at the "Kid's Bedding" photo on the main page and it does look blurry.  When I check the properties, it's 150px x 150px.  However, when I view the image, it's actually a 250px x 250px image.  I'd say the issue is compression.  The script is taking a larger image and shrinking it to fit a smaller window.  Technically the browser is being told to resize it; and browsers aren't exactly Photoshop when it comes to image resizing.  That's probably the issue.  As a side effect, it also eats more bandwidth as necessary as the 250x250 image is being transferred when a 150x150 image is all that's needed.

I don't know ZenCart, so I don't know if you can upload smaller images specifically for thumbnails.
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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2007, 02:50:24 PM »

Thanks!  That worked great!
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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2007, 07:53:37 AM »

Cool! glad to have been of service.
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2007, 12:38:41 PM »

Lol, not even photoshop can make a small image look good when enlarged, and it still takes work to make a shrunken image look good. (:
Nice store!
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2007, 07:10:00 PM »

Agreed.  But you can get close!  Thanks for the compliment too!
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