Image Quality

[BestBuyDan]

I am concerned with the quality of the smaller images displayed in the products listing pages and the product description pages. Our images are 300x300 jpg's and I have the big_images contribution installed with the smaller image size set at 100x100. The quality of smaller image is very poor when compared to a 100x100 image resized with Photoshop. How does osCommerce resize an image? Is there a better algorithm or code(contribution) that can be installed?

 

You can see an example of this at:

http://www.thewebmakerscorner.com/demostor...lt.php?cPath=37

 

We have to get this resolved if we are going to keep our osCommerce cart!

 

Thanks

[BestBuyDan]

I do realize that this demo site has an image size of 100x80 for the smaller image, but the quality problems are still evident.

 

 

Dan

[BestBuyDan]

Well, after hours of searching through heaps of posts, I think I found the answer.

 

Please take a look at the discussion on the following page:

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...t=image+quality

 

Sort of sounds like the image problem I am having, doesn't it? Maybe his contribution will do the trick.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ions,350/page,7

[jwsfun]

I downloaded the contribution for the image quality problems, but I do NOT have the same code listed...THIs is what the index file (in the contribution download) suggests for editing the admin/categories.php:

 

Find the code below (approx lines 313):

 

// copy image only if modified

$products_image = new upload('products_image');

$products_image->set_destination(DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES);

if ($products_image->parse() && $products_image->save()) {

 

 

 

And replace it with this code:

 

// copy image only if modified

$products_image = new upload('products_image');

$products_image->set_destination(DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES);

$products_image->set_resize(true);

if ($products_image->parse() && $products_image->save()) {

 

 

THIS is what I have:

 

 

<!-- left_navigation_eof //-->

313 </table></td>

<!-- body_text //-->

<td width="100%" valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

 

And now, a similar code on lines 492-94 in MY admin/categories.php:

 

// copy image only if modified

$products_image = tep_get_uploaded_file('products_image');

$image_directory = tep_get_local_path(DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES);

 

Anyone have any idea what I need to do? It certainly appears that something is missing...Please, I'm frustrated beyond belief (as I'm sure a lot of you know) that I can't even get my images to display properly... :shock: