Re: photos look bad after v0.6 upgrade

[Stephane Delcroix <stephane delcroix org>]

the viewer is a brand new widget in .6. I might do something suboptimal
with the interpolation.

please file a bug with your images attached

s

On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 19:48 +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After upgrading to f-spot 0.6.1.1 from 0.5.0.3, my photos look bad. Or 
> at least different, and I feel that the previous rendering looked better.
> 
> I confirmed that it's definitely a f-spot change causing this (as 
> opposed to a change in another system component) by then doing a 
> downgrade-upgrade cycle without changing any other packages. I also 
> worked with clean databases both times. I took some screenshots along 
> the way.
> 
> Here's an example: original full-res photo:
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/20090905/dsc03056-1.jpg
> 
> Here is a partial screenshot of how f-spot 0.5 rendered this photo at 
> default resolution to fit my screen:
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/20090905/fspot05-smooth.png
> 
> and the same section from the 0.6 rendering:
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/20090905/fspot06-jagged.png
> 
> Look at the edges "Nepalica" text. They are clearly more jagged in 0.6. 
> Also the "Bhaktapur" text looks less clear.
> 
> Any ideas as to why this might be?
> 
> I was hoping to downgrade to 0.5 (at least temporarily) to get good 
> image quality again, but the 0.6 upgrade seems to have automatically 
> upgraded my database and made it incompatible. Did it create a backup 
> before doing so?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> 
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