posted on January 16, 2004 12:49:39 PM new
the photos look fine to me - which one is supposed to be blurry?
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posted on January 16, 2004 12:50:00 PM new
I just checked your auction. None of your pictures are blurry. They look great. Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
posted on January 16, 2004 12:52:46 PM new
One thing, though--
One of your pictures shows a very different color then the others. While the others show an aqua colored garment, the fifth one down shows as light green.
Edited to say: the 10th picture also shows as light green
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
[ edited by bunnicula on Jan 16, 2004 12:54 PM ]
posted on January 16, 2004 02:05:56 PM new
I don't think any of the pictures are really blurry. I downloaded the first picture and enlarged it in Photoshop to look at the detail. At higher magnification it has a very slight bit of camera movement that the other do not but it look good and seems more than sufficiently sharp to me.
The color shift in the pictures made without flash would bother me more. You do mention that they are not the right color but I would not be surprised if you get email asking if it is two colors. They could be corrected in any graphics editing program by adding some blue to the color balance.
Is the person with blurry pictures using AOL or a ISP that allows the user to reduce the quality of pictures for faster loading?
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posted on January 16, 2004 02:34:17 PM new
Hi - just wanted to jump in and say this could be due to AOL browser 'compress graphics' setting under WWW preferences. Uncheck that option, and refresh - your pictures may clear.
posted on January 16, 2004 02:40:49 PM new
Wow hi Diana! ... NICE of you to pop in here! ... yes, I noticed from her email addr. on her "me" page she was aol ... I InstantMessaged her about an hour ago and guided her through the same thing, to 'Never Compress Graphics" in the AOL internet settings ... it seems to be working for her ... thanks for your concurring with me.
posted on January 16, 2004 03:06:34 PM new
Hi all,
Another observation about AOL 9.0. The compress graphics options in the internet settings are different than in the earlier versions.
There is a selection which is: Compress graphics only when I do not have a broadband connection to AOL.
I have cable for my connection. On the sign-in screen there are two options presented. One is ISP/LAN connection, the second is Broadband (Cable/DSL/ISP) The ISP/LAN one shows first then switches to the Broadband one.
A while back all my auction pictures were blurry. After a whole lot of editing to fix them, I discovered I'd signed on when the first option was in the field. The option for graphics compression was set to compress if I wasn't on broadband.
There's also an option to never compress graphics. I have this one selected not, just in case I'm too quick on the trigger finger when I'm signing on.
Hope this helps.
Lucy
I grow old...I grow old...I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. T.S. Eliot
posted on January 16, 2004 03:21:12 PM new
MsLucy: inre your: "There is a selection which is: Compress graphics only when I do not have a broadband connection to AOL.
I have cable for my connection. On the sign-in screen there are two options presented. One is ISP/LAN connection, the second is Broadband (Cable/DSL/ISP) The ISP/LAN one shows first then switches to the Broadband one."
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what is your Preferences for AOL Browser set on? ...... thanx
posted on January 16, 2004 03:26:31 PM new
p.s. ... i was telling PhotoLuckYLucy how MUCH I love the aol 9.0's photo editing program .... under File, Open Picture Finder [find your folder that holds your ebay jpg's], then open that up ... minorly wonderful is their cropping feature, to "custom" crop the photo, but number UNO feature is the "Auto Enhance" button ... whoa, fixes nearly ALL of the brightness/sharpness/clarity of all our photos in one click ... kewl stuff
