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acdsee full screen display resampling quality lacking?
Has anyone noticed that ACDSee (4.x, 5.x, 6.x)'s full screen display
(reduce to fit) resampling quality to be lower than that of ThumbsPlus and Adobe Photoshop Album? A few years ago I picked ACDSee to be my image viewing application because at the time, it has the best image display quality when I use full screen display and reduce to fit option. Other program I've tried does not produce a smooth image as ACDSee does. I had the opportunity to try Adobe Photoshop Album, and the current version of ThumbsPlus, and to my surprise, I noticed the image displayed by those two apps appears to be somewhat sharper, especially on some images. The display quality of Photoshop Album seems to be the same as ThumbsPlus, but ACDSee was noticeably softer in comparison. One image I have, it was a huge scanned image, 4000x4000, in ACDSee, there were a lot of rough edges that I can see, but on ThumbsPlus, the image were reduced nicely and everything was very smooth and sharp. If I shrink the image in using ACDSee to screen resolution, it is also displayed smoothly. I think ACDsee has not improved its resampling algorithm over the years, at the time it was pretty good, but now comparing to other applications, it's being to show its age... If you haven't noticed this, I invite you to download ThumbsPlus or Photoshop Album and try it out. It'll be an eye opener for you or anyone who cares about image quality and has been using ACDSee for a while. Raymond |
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Raymond,
We have updated our resizing code in the upcoming ACDSee 7, which is due out in a few weeks. You should notice improvements - resizing being only one of them. I suggest you download the trial when it becomes available, should you wish to re-compare. Release == Soon. Thanks for your comments - we're always interested in improving our products. -- James Addison http://www.pjsoft.ca http://www.acdsystems.com wrote in message ... Has anyone noticed that ACDSee (4.x, 5.x, 6.x)'s full screen display (reduce to fit) resampling quality to be lower than that of ThumbsPlus and Adobe Photoshop Album? A few years ago I picked ACDSee to be my image viewing application because at the time, it has the best image display quality when I use full screen display and reduce to fit option. Other program I've tried does not produce a smooth image as ACDSee does. I had the opportunity to try Adobe Photoshop Album, and the current version of ThumbsPlus, and to my surprise, I noticed the image displayed by those two apps appears to be somewhat sharper, especially on some images. The display quality of Photoshop Album seems to be the same as ThumbsPlus, but ACDSee was noticeably softer in comparison. One image I have, it was a huge scanned image, 4000x4000, in ACDSee, there were a lot of rough edges that I can see, but on ThumbsPlus, the image were reduced nicely and everything was very smooth and sharp. If I shrink the image in using ACDSee to screen resolution, it is also displayed smoothly. I think ACDsee has not improved its resampling algorithm over the years, at the time it was pretty good, but now comparing to other applications, it's being to show its age... If you haven't noticed this, I invite you to download ThumbsPlus or Photoshop Album and try it out. It'll be an eye opener for you or anyone who cares about image quality and has been using ACDSee for a while. Raymond |
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Raymond,
We have updated our resizing code in the upcoming ACDSee 7, which is due out in a few weeks. You should notice improvements - resizing being only one of them. I suggest you download the trial when it becomes available, should you wish to re-compare. Release == Soon. Thanks for your comments - we're always interested in improving our products. -- James Addison http://www.pjsoft.ca http://www.acdsystems.com wrote in message ... Has anyone noticed that ACDSee (4.x, 5.x, 6.x)'s full screen display (reduce to fit) resampling quality to be lower than that of ThumbsPlus and Adobe Photoshop Album? A few years ago I picked ACDSee to be my image viewing application because at the time, it has the best image display quality when I use full screen display and reduce to fit option. Other program I've tried does not produce a smooth image as ACDSee does. I had the opportunity to try Adobe Photoshop Album, and the current version of ThumbsPlus, and to my surprise, I noticed the image displayed by those two apps appears to be somewhat sharper, especially on some images. The display quality of Photoshop Album seems to be the same as ThumbsPlus, but ACDSee was noticeably softer in comparison. One image I have, it was a huge scanned image, 4000x4000, in ACDSee, there were a lot of rough edges that I can see, but on ThumbsPlus, the image were reduced nicely and everything was very smooth and sharp. If I shrink the image in using ACDSee to screen resolution, it is also displayed smoothly. I think ACDsee has not improved its resampling algorithm over the years, at the time it was pretty good, but now comparing to other applications, it's being to show its age... If you haven't noticed this, I invite you to download ThumbsPlus or Photoshop Album and try it out. It'll be an eye opener for you or anyone who cares about image quality and has been using ACDSee for a while. Raymond |
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Raymond,
We have updated our resizing code in the upcoming ACDSee 7, which is due out in a few weeks. You should notice improvements - resizing being only one of them. I suggest you download the trial when it becomes available, should you wish to re-compare. Release == Soon. Thanks for your comments - we're always interested in improving our products. -- James Addison http://www.pjsoft.ca http://www.acdsystems.com wrote in message ... Has anyone noticed that ACDSee (4.x, 5.x, 6.x)'s full screen display (reduce to fit) resampling quality to be lower than that of ThumbsPlus and Adobe Photoshop Album? A few years ago I picked ACDSee to be my image viewing application because at the time, it has the best image display quality when I use full screen display and reduce to fit option. Other program I've tried does not produce a smooth image as ACDSee does. I had the opportunity to try Adobe Photoshop Album, and the current version of ThumbsPlus, and to my surprise, I noticed the image displayed by those two apps appears to be somewhat sharper, especially on some images. The display quality of Photoshop Album seems to be the same as ThumbsPlus, but ACDSee was noticeably softer in comparison. One image I have, it was a huge scanned image, 4000x4000, in ACDSee, there were a lot of rough edges that I can see, but on ThumbsPlus, the image were reduced nicely and everything was very smooth and sharp. If I shrink the image in using ACDSee to screen resolution, it is also displayed smoothly. I think ACDsee has not improved its resampling algorithm over the years, at the time it was pretty good, but now comparing to other applications, it's being to show its age... If you haven't noticed this, I invite you to download ThumbsPlus or Photoshop Album and try it out. It'll be an eye opener for you or anyone who cares about image quality and has been using ACDSee for a while. Raymond |
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Hi, thanks for the information. I will try it when it is available! Can I also request to bring back the ability to define custom thumbnail size? I prefer 'square' thumbnail size, such as 96x96. I take a lot of vertical pictures and I don't want them to be compressed by the default 80x60 thumbnail selection... The defaults in version 6 works ok if most of the pictures are horizontal... Thanks again. Raymond In rec.photo.digital James Addison wrote: Raymond, We have updated our resizing code in the upcoming ACDSee 7, which is due out in a few weeks. You should notice improvements - resizing being only one of them. I suggest you download the trial when it becomes available, should you wish to re-compare. Release == Soon. Thanks for your comments - we're always interested in improving our products. |
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A few years ago I picked ACDSee to be my image viewing application
because at the time, it has the best image display quality when I use full screen display and reduce to fit option. Other program I've tried does not produce a smooth image as ACDSee does. You've probably tried this, but just checking; have you tried using Irfanview? Sourish |
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"Sourish Basu" wrote in message news A few years ago I picked ACDSee to be my image viewing application because at the time, it has the best image display quality when I use full screen display and reduce to fit option. Other program I've tried does not produce a smooth image as ACDSee does. You've probably tried this, but just checking; have you tried using Irfanview? Sourish I've seen a marked difference in the quality of the images that are displayed on Kodak's free EasyShare software. over that of a couple of other applications that I use. Not only are the images smoother, but the colors look truer. I can't quite put my finger on it, but they seem to have better tonality. Kodak just released an upgrade to EasyShare, and it can be downloaded on their web site. |
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Hi, thanks for the information. I will try it when it is available! Can I also request to bring back the ability to define custom thumbnail size? I prefer 'square' thumbnail size, such as 96x96. I take a lot of vertical pictures and I don't want them to be compressed by the default 80x60 thumbnail selection... The defaults in version 6 works ok if most of the pictures are horizontal... Thanks again. Raymond Well, it's a little late to put in requests for version 7, as it's coming out Real-Soon-Now, but I'll say it again: you'll be pleasantly surprised - you might find what you're looking for. I hope so. -- James Addison http://www.pjsoft.ca |
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