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Browsing photos on Desire - blurry pics

Has anyone else noticed this? When you go to Photos on your Desire and browse them - even if full screen - they never show up sharp, but bit blurry. If you zoom in/out on them they soon sharpen up. Weird.
Just wondering if its an issue with my phone or general issue.
Sorry few posts this morning... Its been a Desireble morning.

jannen said:
Has anyone else noticed this? When you go to Photos on your Desire and browse them - even if full screen - they never show up sharp, but bit blurry. If you zoom in/out on them they soon sharpen up. Weird.
Just wondering if its an issue with my phone or general issue.
Sorry few posts this morning... Its been a Desireble morning.
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There's an explanation for that..
http://phandroid.com/2010/04/13/images-look-blurry-on-android-2-1-theres-a-reason-for-that/

Thanks for the link. I agree with the many opinions that this is an issue with resolution, NOT color depth. The pics are blurry - not sharp.
Hope this can be fixed soon. I use the Photos gallery to show pics to friends etc and it doesnt look impressing.

vdude_1 said:
There's an explanation for that...
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I think you're mistaking the Cooliris gallery you find on stock 2.1 with the Photo gallery on the Desire which is HTC's own app for Sense UI.
Look up Cooliris and Nexus One.

Aitese said:
I think you're mistaking the Cooliris gallery you find on stock 2.1 with the Photo gallery on the Desire which is HTC's own app for Sense UI.
Look up Cooliris and Nexus One.
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My mistake. I've not got my Desire yet (Roll on, Monday) so just thought they'd be using the same gallery app.
If you find any information on this matter though, keep us posted.

To the OP, could you elaborate? Are these pictures you took on the phone camera? Did you sync them from your PC and if so did you just drag and drop them onto the SD or did you use some syncing software i.e. Doubletwist? Did you download them from the phones browser and if so was it over Wifi or 3G?
I just sent over a large photo (4656x3600) and it's sharp in preview mode and zoomed in. I synced some photos using Doubletwist and it reduced the size of the photos without me knowing...so it wasn't the phone. Pictures I've taken with the phone are also fine.

Its most noticeble with photos taken with the Desire camera. If you zoom in or out they sharpen, otherwise they are bit fussy.
Please check if the zooming does any difference on yours?

I'n not having this problem at all with my Desire.

jannen said:
Its most noticeble with photos taken with the Desire camera. If you zoom in or out they sharpen, otherwise they are bit fussy.
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Yes, I see what you're talking about. The picture isn't shown full resolution until you do some zooming in or out.
I must say, personally it's not that big a deal, and I can't seem to find any way to change that behaviour.

Is it possible to install Cooliris on the Desire?

LaWrona said:
Is it possible to install Cooliris on the Desire?
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Yes, but that just degrades the visual quality WAY more than the HTC photo app.

FloatingFatMan said:
Yes, but that just degrades the visual quality WAY more than the HTC photo app.
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It does?? I heard it is a great app...

I'm not having any such problem with either the photos app or the Gallery3D app

They show blurry as the system is showing a lower quality thumbnail that it has saved so that browsing between them is quicker. Once you start zooming in it loads the full size image and it becomes sharper.

any update on this , as a photographer i have my portfolio
on my Desire handy to show my pictures to anyone that is interested..
but it always take me to zoom them in a little to render them sharp which is a pain in the but when wanting to show them off in a quick manner...
if not any good alternatives then the gallery...

The best app to view images (quality wise)

Hi all.
We all agree that SGS Super AMOLED is amazing and viewing photos is simply a joy... but the Gallery 3D supplied with the phone can't handle image quality in a satisfying manner.
There are plany of apps out there for image viewing. Some are neat, some are less.
I've tested some apps like Floating images, B&B, Just Picture, Picture Folder and Image Viewer.
As a professional photographer, image quality is a must. So I tested each app with various images but same resolution (800pixels long side).
All apps mentioned above, except one, failed to show the right sharpness and color transitions.
The best app for those who care about quality, is Image Viewer. This app has no appeal and no "fun playing around" feeling to it but it does the job on the best side.
If you think there are better apps out there, please share.
Cheers.

Large Image Viewer seemed to give good quality.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/large-image-viewer/image.viewer
Personally I use JustPictures. In the options you can set the picture resolution to "original" which makes it show the full resolution, although it has these minor line artefacts so the quality isn't perfect.
I can't find this "B&B" you mention. What is it?

Maddmatt said:
Large Image Viewer seemed to give good quality.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/large-image-viewer/image.viewer
Personally I use JustPictures. In the options you can set the picture resolution to "original" which makes it show the full resolution, although it has these minor line artefacts so the quality isn't perfect.
I can't find this "B&B" you mention. What is it?
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I believe Image Viewer or Large Image Viewer is the same app.
The lines you mentioned are called BANDING. This is usually seen in transition in the BLUE color (e.g., Skies).
Image viewer won't show you these banding at all.
B&B - Bread & Butter

gil80 said:
The best app for those who care about quality, is Image Viewer. This app has no appeal and no "fun playing around" feeling to it but it does the job on the best side.
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I tried to search in the market but found quite a lot of apps with image viewer names on it. Could you please give the author name or a link in appbrain ?
Thanks.

B&B = Multi-touch Gallery in the Market
from BandB

heru said:
I tried to search in the market but found quite a lot of apps with image viewer names on it. Could you please give the author name or a link in appbrain ?
Thanks.
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Here you go:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/large-image-viewer/image.viewer

Have you guys tried the fixed gallery app that can be installed via sgs tools? it fixes sensor batt draining bug too. Also fixes picture quality issues. I use justpictures myself
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I really like Perfect Viewer. It has really good controls for zooming and scrolling, and I believe it does it's resizing in a way that is pretty high-quality.

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ickyboo said:
Have you guys tried the fixed gallery app that can be installed via sgs tools? it fixes sensor batt draining bug too. Also fixes picture quality issues. I use justpictures myself
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It renames the gallery to this ugly long name

gil80 said:
It renames the gallery to this ugly long name
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I don't really understand what you mean ?

bro is the upgrades for SGS tools compatible with your ROM??

gallery from sgs tools is not compatible with JPU

The gallery from Number22 ( SGS tools ) is pretty decent once he fixes the random FC but and the black bars on the thumbnails, to date it has the BEST image quality ive seen/

EarlZ said:
The gallery from Number22 ( SGS tools ) is pretty decent once he fixes the random FC but and the black bars on the thumbnails, to date it has the BEST image quality ive seen/
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Try large image viewer, and compare images. Quality wise (as mentioned already) this is the best app.

Camera Bad Picture Quality in gallery

I hope someone has the same issue or that this is a "normal" behavior of the HOX, but I don't think I ever noticed that until 2 days ago; anyway here's the problem.
When I take a picture with my camera, the picture looks great during review time (the option you set in settings 3 or 5 seconds). But when I open the same picture in gallery it seems that the quality is lost. I can notice that since as soon as I review the picture, I click on the lower left corner to open the picture again and I can see the difference between the "review picture" and the "saved picture". This is especially apparent in the front camera: when I take a picture of myself, my eyes look very sharp/cartoonish.
I have been running ARHD for a while since 14.2 and I am on 18.1 now. I installed lyapota mod pack which included camera jb mod extrim. I thought it was because of the mod so I did a clean installation of the rom with full wipe and the same problem was there.
Please advise.
Thanks to whoever will help!

May be a different viewer is used(triggered) to view the saved photos.
And thus thus could be a viewer app problem, not the photo quality itself.
Did you try to open these photos on your PC to see how are they looking there?

tiho5 said:
May be a different viewer is used(triggered) to view the saved photos.
And thus thus could be a viewer app problem, not the photo quality itself.
Did you try to open these photos on your PC to see how are they looking there?
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Yes I did, unfortunately it's the same problem.

Could it be that the preview is smaller than the actual image, and that the quality therefore looks better, because the preview is smaller..?
Try to post a picture you have taken, to show what you mean.
Kind Regards
TwinAdk

Here is a picture showing both scenarios. I took a screenshot during the review (on the left) and then i opened the actual image. I put them side by side. Notice the color fading and the noise/loss of sharpness in the right picture. This is with normal day light, the effect gets worse when in low light.

Does anyone else seem to have low quality screen shots?

Every time I get a screen shot and share it I'll go to click on it and the screen shot is always very grainy. Is that just how it's supposed to be or is there something wrong with this

vicmora5 said:
Every time I get a screen shot and share it I'll go to click on it and the screen shot is always very grainy. Is that just how it's supposed to be or is there something wrong with this
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Actually I've been having the same issue. I'll take a screenshot and if you look at the image in the gallery it looks perfectly fine but as soon as I post\share it to G+ it looks grainy on G+. I also noticed that after uploading the image to G+ there would be 2 "versions" of the same image in Google's Photo App, the clear version that I uploaded and the grainy version which G+ is displaying.
I have no idea why it's doing this or how to correct it

cunninglinguist said:
Actually I've been having the same issue. I'll take a screenshot and if you look at the image in the gallery it looks perfectly fine but as soon as I post\share it to G+ it looks grainy on G+. I also noticed that after uploading the image to G+ there would be 2 "versions" of the same image in Google's Photo App, the clear version that I uploaded and the grainy version which G+ is displaying.
I have no idea why it's doing this or how to correct it
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Yeah it's rather strange. In the gallery they look fine, but sometimes there's a slight delay where they look a little grainy then the image clears up but when I share those same images, usually right after a screen shot, the screen shot will be grainy when I click on it in the convo. I guess I could just ask the recipient if it looks blurry on their end as well.

Yup.
Stock messaging distorts the image.
Only work around I've found is to use gosms

Got a good quality of screenshot on mine.

Depends on where you are sending them and how. Most messaging apps have limits on the size of the images that can be sent and reduce their size changing the way they look. Most of the time it isn't that noticeable, but the images that are on your phone should be the correct size and quality.
The shift you see when viewing in the gallery is a quick images that is updated with are more detailed on as it loads. Otherwise you would seen blank screen when you first look as it would have to wait until the full image is loaded.

Maybe its the resolution and quality, its a little different when viewing in a pc or other devices also.

I noticed that if you allow Google+ to auto backup the picture then share it, it's full resolution

Mine are always crystal clear on Facebook, Kik, Instagram, etc.
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Yes mine was just fine in Facebook and other sites.

Poor camera quality in apps

Recently I got Snapchat and Instagram, when I use their built in camera, the quality is severely reduced. It looks like a 5 MP camera. But using stock camera app (or any camera app) the quality is great. The problem is with apps that do more than take pictures.. Here's two photos so you get an idea. Anyone else have these issues or know a fix?

I haven't noticed any particular image quality problems on my G3 with those apps. I do know that Snapchat saves images in same resolution as your screen, so in the G3's case: 2560x1440

573W1E said:
I haven't noticed any particular image quality problems on my G3 with those apps. I do know that Snapchat saves images in same resolution as your screen, so in the G3's case: 2560x1440
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I don't know if you can see from the pictures, but I don't get anywhere near that, or HD for that matter. You wouldn't happen to know a fix?

Instagram reduces filesize, so, they probably do this directly from the camera app.

alfablac said:
Instagram reduces filesize, so, they probably do this directly from the camera app.
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I'm aware all apps reduce file size, but the images I capture are no where near up to par to a decent standard. The image quality with Snapchat on my HTC M8 was great, but on the G3 it's horrible

I'm having the same problem you are. I reinstalled Snapchat and the problem was still there. I even tried a camera mod (tweaks media_profiles) to no avail. It's a frustrating problem especially when I see my friends' high quality snapchat pictures and while mine are blurry.

Solution!
I finally figured out what was causing this, it somehow just came to me. All you have to do is hide the navigation bar in Snapchat (or any other app you're experiencing this in) and viola, clear pictures! Go to settings->display->home touch buttons. Hope this helps!

alqoshi4life said:
I finally figured out what was causing this, it somehow just came to me. All you have to do is hide the navigation bar in Snapchat (or any other app you're experiencing this in) and viola, clear pictures! Go to settings->display->home touch buttons. Hope this helps!
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So it just looked blurry on your end until you removed the nav bar and on others' phones it looked fine even before your fix?

No it would be blurry to the people I snapchatted as well. I think it has to do with the fact that snapchat captures the image as a "screenshot" of what appears on the screen rather than the raw image from the camera.

alqoshi4life said:
I finally figured out what was causing this, it somehow just came to me. All you have to do is hide the navigation bar in Snapchat (or any other app you're experiencing this in) and viola, clear pictures! Go to settings->display->home touch buttons. Hope this helps!
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Oh my, thank you so much man! I could finally Snapchat friends without feeling embarrassed, you're the best!

It bothered me so much before. Glad I could help!

My pictures are definitely better in snapchat after hiding home buttons
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