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I'm sure some of you have noticed that the profile images displayed on the forums are very low quality.

 

 

The forums make you use an image that is 100kb or less, but the 99kb version of my profile pic hosted on imgur looks far better than the one displayed to the left of this post:

 

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Some profile pictures also look far better than others; Can anyone explain this to me? Is there a way to make my profile appear less grainy on the forums?


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My guess would be that the high quality profile pictures are also 150x150 pixels or very close to it originally. The site doesn't have to then pack a picture to a smaller size, hence there are no artifacts then.

 

I really don't know.



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My guess would be that the high quality profile pictures are also 150x150 pixels or very close to it originally. The site doesn't have to then pack a picture to a smaller size, hence there are no artifacts then.

 

I really don't know.

 

You are correct. Trying to fit a large image into a 150x150 pixel space means you will by definition lose some detail because there is simply less space to pack in information, much like trying to fit a novel's worth of story into a 500 word essay.


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You are correct. Trying to fit a large image into a 150x150 pixel space means you will by definition lose some detail because there is simply less space to pack in information, much like trying to fit a novel's worth of story into a 500 word essay.

But some profiles still look far better than others. 

 

I had a picture at one point that looked great, and it was a small file size. I'm going to test the effect of different file size on image clarity.



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But some profiles still look far better than others. 

 

I had a picture at one point that looked great, and it was a small file size. I'm going to test the effect of different file size on image clarity.

 

The closer to 150x150 the original image is, the better it will look when resized to 150x150.


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The closer to 150x150 the original image is, the better it will look when resized to 150x150.

That's what I'm finding.



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Damn you! I am hungry and I clicked on the spoiler. A giant sandwich. A YOU DAMN KIDDIN' MEH?


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A YOU DAMN KIDDIN' MEH?

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That sandwich is majestic


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Static gifs and pngs compress better as well.

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That sandwich is majestic

 

Miscellaneous, where's the Merl-Sandwich-Sword-Swallower-Blush-Pic? D:



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there is a possibility to use 4K image soon 


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there is a possibility to use 4K image soon

rozer we need it now

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I'M JUST TESTING TO SEE HOW MY LEMONS ARE COMING DON'T MIND ME


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Miscellaneous, where's the Merl-Sandwich-Sword-Swallower-Blush-Pic? D:

 

Ooops I forgot!

 

Give me a couple of days, editing Merl takes time ;)


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405 grammar not found

 

Isn't it 404? :O


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Isn't it 404? :O

 

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Oh yea, right ... xD


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rozer we need it now

ma image is rodye



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weeb trash is deliberately lowered in quality by the admins


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what happened to this thread

 

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Profile Pictures need a leaderboard. Priorities.


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