WordPress.com Forums » Topic: POST IMAGES: Sharpness http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness WordPress.com Forums » Topic: POST IMAGES: Sharpness en Sun, 19 May 2013 12:57:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 justpi on "POST IMAGES: Sharpness" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness#post-865269 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:32:16 +0000 justpi 865269@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The fact is that WP compresses the files you upload, and downsized versions of the images you upload lose some color and sharpness. See here as well:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/image-quality/

So for best quality on the post you should do as AOB says: use an image editing application to downsize copies of your images to a width that doesn't exceed the maximum for the theme you're using, and upload and insert those copies. If you don't like that width, switch to a theme with a wider main column.

]]> absurdoldbird on "POST IMAGES: Sharpness" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness#post-865257 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:09:50 +0000 absurdoldbird 865257@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, it should. I quite agree. But it doesn't.

]]> jmnartsy on "POST IMAGES: Sharpness" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness#post-865251 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:54:22 +0000 jmnartsy 865251@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, absurdoldbird, for your suggestion. However, I shouldn't have to do that.

A good blogging platform such as WordPress, whereon images are most important, ought to have a resizing software in place that keeps images sharp when downscaling. Others do it without a problem, from my experience. I'd like to see that happen, if your suggestion is the solution.

]]> absurdoldbird on "POST IMAGES: Sharpness" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness#post-865232 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:24:26 +0000 absurdoldbird 865232@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ and at the link further down that thread, which I'll give here too:

http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2008/05/03/how-good-is-wordpress-at-resizing-and-resampling-your-images/

]]> absurdoldbird on "POST IMAGES: Sharpness" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness#post-865226 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:22:54 +0000 absurdoldbird 865226@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It's always best to resize images before putting them in either your media library or your blog. The image-resizer here makes them go blurry otherwise. So, for instance, if the max size your blog will take is 580px, then you should resize your images to 580px or less.

Have a look at this:

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pale-pictures?replies=11#post-258262

]]> jmnartsy on "POST IMAGES: Sharpness" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness#post-865222 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:05:22 +0000 jmnartsy 865222@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This question relates to my jmnpixels.com blog.

]]> jmnartsy on "POST IMAGES: Sharpness" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/post-images-sharpness#post-865221 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:02:48 +0000 jmnartsy 865221@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My theme is Fresh and Clean, which I think is fabulous.
The full image size in the post is 580px. That's okay.

Sharpness is not the best for all images.
I upload 800px images which generally are around the 100-130Kb size, sometimes just a fraction smaller.

I've noticed that my small 320px cellphone images look very sharp, whereas these 580px, WordPress-automatically-resized from my 800px images, usually look a little like pudding, meaning 'soft' rather than out of focus, even 'tho the original was very sharp. Here's an image as an example: http://jmnpixels.com/2012/04/12/jigsaw/.

Is there a trick I can use to make sure these 580px photos look as sharp as they actually are? Thanks.

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