Thumbnail Uniform Resizing

[WarDog]

Hi Chuck

I have just recently resized my thumbnails to 150x150 using the uniformed feature. I left the quality setting at 70 and they looked a little fuzzy. I then tried at 100 and I really couldn't see any difference. Should I use a number lower than 70 on these larger thumbnails and if so what do recommend on this size thumbnail?

Thanks in advance.

[Chuck S]

I recommend 70 to 100, I cant really say anything else than that. Are they fuzzy without using the uniform thing

[WarDog]

Hey Chuck,

No they were crystal clear when set at default. I tried setting Thumbnail image max width and height in pixels to 150, but the width and height was not consistent, but they were clear. So then I went to uniformed since I am using IM, thats when I see the fuzzy thumbnails.

[Chuck S]

okay and if you set the uniform thumb back to 120 x 78 do the thumbnails appear fuzzy?

[WarDog]

Hey Chuck

Do you want me to leave uniform thumbnail feature set to 'yes' when I set this back to 78/120? Also what do you want me to set Thumbnail image max width and height in pixels to? Set it back to 100, leave at 150 or?

[Chuck S]

You can leave the thumbnail threshold to 150 thats not used with uniform thumbs. I am trying to see what a thumb looks like if you use 120x78 which is the default settings. Maybe that crop feature needs to use a portrait landscape I dont know.

[styleforum]

Did you rebuild all the thumbnails? It might be stretching your old ones until you have it make new ones.

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

You can leave the thumbnail threshold to 150 thats not used with uniform thumbs. I am trying to see what a thumb looks like if you use 120x78 which is the default settings. Maybe that crop feature needs to use a portrait landscape I dont know.

Chuck

I rebuilt all the thumbnails to 120x78 and yes they do look clearer, but maybe they could also look that way because you are viewing such a smaller thumbnail, I dunno.

How many times do you half to run the rebuild process to get all the thumbnails to resize? After resizing to 120x78 I still have a few 150x150 thumbnails showing. I have run several of the processes to try and clean up the gallery, but they are still showing at 150x150.

[Chuck S]

Make sure your not caching your page. They should be rebuilt when running it once.

[WarDog]

Chuck

Are you talking about "Use category cache?
On some larger sites, using the category cache can actually reduce performance." If so then yes its on as I left those settings at default. Should this be off during the thumbnail rebuild?

[Chuck S]

No the cache in your browser you need to make sure you reload the current page and not the cached one.

[WarDog]

I got you Chuck and thats taken care of, thanks.

What do you think about the portrait landscape when using 150x150 and what section do I make that change in before I resize the thumbnails again?

[Chuck S]

I think if uniform works with a landscape layout and you want to use uniform do that otherwise turn that off and do regular 150 thumbs.

[WarDog]

Thanks Chuck you have been a big help as always.

I think I will just stick with the uniformed method as the other way my thumbnails are not consistent in size (ie 150x120 150x146 etc).

[Chuck S]

Got ya yes they need to maintain an aspect ratio if not using uniform thumbs.

[taylorpiano]

I can't remember where to find the rebuild thumbnails globally, can someone please remind me?

[Chuck S]

In admin on the left panel scan down its under SCAN DATABASE.

[taylorpiano]

thanks Chuck. I had a feeling it was under an option that didn't sound like it would be there

[Chuck S]

Yep not a problem