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#1 Posted : Monday, July 2, 2007 2:58:54 PM(UTC)
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We use Image uploader Dual and notice that the client-side resize function in the Java version is poorer quality than the ActiveX version. Any Ideas why?

Here is a link to the high-resolution to download and do your own testing:
http://clickimage.com/test/aurigma/87224DYR.jpg

Here is the image uploaded and resized using IE(ActiveX):

[Image was removed]

Here is the image uploaded and resized using Firefox(Java):

[Image was removed]

In the second picture above you can see the hair is very bad and the quality of the sweater is also bad.

Please see my code:

Code:
<script language="javascript">
var iu = new ImageUploaderWriter("ImageUploader", 730, 350);
iu.activeXControlEnabled = true;
iu.javaAppletEnabled = true;

//For ActiveX control full path to CAB file (including file name) should be specified.
iu.activeXControlCodeBase = "../ImageUploader4.5/ImageUploader4.cab";
iu.activeXControlVersion = "4,5,4,0";
//For Java applet only path to directory with JAR files should be specified (without file name).
iu.javaAppletCodeBase = "../ImageUploader4/";
iu.javaAppletVersion = "2.1.1.0";
iu.javaAppletCached = true;

//Configure upload settings.
iu.addParam("FilesPerOnePackageCount", "1");
iu.addParam("AutoRecoverMaxTriesCount", "10");
iu.addParam("AutoRecoverTimeOut", "10000");

//Customize appearance and behavior.
iu.addParam("PaneLayout", "OnePane");
iu.addParam("UploadView", "Details");
iu.addParam("ShowDebugWindow", "true");
iu.addParam("EnableRotate", "false");
iu.addParam("BackgroundColor", "#ffffff");
iu.addParam("DropFilesHereText", ">>>> DRAG and DROP Image Files here and press Upload <<<<");
//Customize Image Uploader buttons.
iu.addParam("ButtonAddFilesText", "Add Photos...");
iu.addParam("ButtonAddFoldersText", "Add Folders of Photos...");
iu.addParam("ButtonSendText", "");
iu.addParam("MessageUploadCompleteText", "");

//Configure custom button caching.
iu.addParam("CacheGuiGraphics","true");
iu.addParam("GuiGraphicsVersion","1");

iu.addParam("LicenseKey","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX");
iu.addParam("UploadThumbnail1FitMode", "fit");
iu.addParam("MessageUploadFailedText", "Upload failed because the internet connection was interrupted.  Please check your internet connection and try again.");
iu.addParam("MessageUnexpectedErrorText", "An uploading error occurred.  Please contact Customer support (1-888-88MYPHOTO).");
iu.addParam("EnableRotate", "False");

		iu.addParam("UploadThumbnail1Width", "1000");
		iu.addParam("UploadThumbnail1Height", "400");
		iu.addParam("UploadThumbnail1FitMode", "fit");

iu.addParam("UploadThumbnail1JpegQuality", 100);
iu.addParam("UploadSourceFile", "false");

iu.addParam("ShowUploadCompleteMessage", "false");


iu.addParam("BackgroundColor", "#f5f5f5");
iu.addParam("PaneBackgroundColor", "#FFFFFF");

iu.addParam("ShowFileNames", "False");
iu.addParam("ShowDescriptions", "False");

iu.addParam("ShowDebugWindow", "True");
iu.addParam("AdditionalFormName", "frm");

iu.addEventListener("UploadFileCountChange", "ImageUploader_UploadFileCountChange");
//iu.addParam("SignatureFilter", "Images");
iu.addParam("FileMask", "*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.gif");

//We MUST initialize the Action param here because MAC Firefox will cause an error if we don't preinitialize.
iu.addParam("Action","ABCPortfolioBatchUpload.asp?hidEditId=<%=intID%>&photographerID=<%=Session("photographerID")%>&pagetype=<%=portfoliotypeID%>&PortfolioName=<%=server.URLEncode(PortfolioName)%>&hidShowPage=<%=intSwitch%>&watermark_flag=<%=watermark_flag%>&htmlTitle=<%=portfolioHtmltitle_URL%>&website_typeID=<%=websitetypeID%>&imgSize="+document.frm.img_size.value);

iu.writeHtml();
</script>

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Alex Makhov  
#2 Posted : Monday, July 2, 2007 7:00:44 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

Please try to set the UploadThumbnail1ResizeQuality property value to High and compare the results.

Edited by user Saturday, February 23, 2008 9:43:02 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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#3 Posted : Tuesday, July 3, 2007 8:25:38 AM(UTC)
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Hello Alex,

Thanks for your quick reply. I added the following line of code and the same quality problem exists. I have provided the high-resolution version in the first reply. You'll also see a good resize using ActiveX and a bad quality resize using Java. Can you confirm on your test systems? I'd also be happy to do any other suggestions if you wish.

Thanks,
Andrew
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#4 Posted : Monday, July 9, 2007 1:59:01 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

As far as I know there is already a fix for your problem – you should set the UploadThumbnail1JpegQuality parameter value to the higher value, e.g. 100.
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#5 Posted : Friday, July 13, 2007 4:40:50 AM(UTC)
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Hello Alex,

As you can see from my first posting of this topic I have copied the code to you. In the code I already have the parameter you recommend me set to %100. Would you like me to set this code up on our test server so that you can execercise the test? Run it in IE and you will see good quality. Run it in Firefox and you will see poor quality.
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#6 Posted : Friday, July 13, 2007 12:16:25 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

OK, please, give me the link to test it.
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:55:32 AM(UTC)
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Exactly the same quality difference are existing between ImageCopyResampled() and ImageCopyResized() methods in PHP. Hope this helps.
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#8 Posted : Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:09:23 AM(UTC)
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Just a short demo.
http://io.com.ua/t_aus.php?v=Resized
http://io.com.ua/t_aus.php?v=Resampled

t_aus.php:
Code:
Header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
$ag = GetImageSize("test.jpg");
$src_w = $ag[0];
$src_h = $ag[1];
$new_w = 300;
$factor = $src_w/$new_w;
$new_h = ceil($src_h/$factor);
$src_id = ImageCreateFromJpeg("test.jpg");
$new_id = ImageCreateTrueColor($new_w,$new_h);
$pic_icr=($v=='Resized')?ImageCopyResized($new_id,$src_id,0,0,0,0,$new_w,$new_h,$src_w,$src_h):ImageCopyResampled($new_id,$src_id,0,0,0,0,$new_w,$new_h,$src_w,$src_h);
ImageJpeg($new_id);
ImageDestroy($im);

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#9 Posted : Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:14:13 PM(UTC)
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Hello,
Image Uploaders don’t use PHP to resize images. Image Uploader for ActiveX uses our own image processing library and Image Uploader for Java uses standard libraries so that is a reason of less quality.
Sincerely yours,
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io  
#10 Posted : Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:47:08 PM(UTC)
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Oh, this is for sure :)
I meant just a difference between image processing methods in different languages. PHP is just illustrating that there are methods with different accuracy and this is a reason of different image quality.
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#11 Posted : Sunday, September 2, 2007 12:34:41 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

Yes, you are right. As Image Uploader for ActiveX and Image Uploader for Java are completely different programs written on different languages, the quality is different. We will try to make the thumbnail quality better.
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