I installed and tested the Gallery module and everything works great.  However I noticed that the images are compressed quite a bit.  In fact I find that the images (not the thumbnails) are compressed to the point of affecting image quality more than I would like.  I understand that the images need to be compressed, it just seems to me that they are a little too compressed.

Is there a parameter in gallery that allows a host user to set the "quality" vs "compression" ratio?

Thanks for a great product!

Best regards,
Kevin

The DNN Gallery module utilies the .Net GDI+ methods to resize and save image bitmaps to the file system. As I recall, the default compression (Encoder.Quality) for JPG images is either 70 or 80% which (along with the loss of pixels when resizing) does further reduce image quality. There is no setting provided to use other than the default Encoder.Quality parameter.

As you indicated, a partial work around is to resize images prior to uploading to the gallery. If the uploaded image size is smaller than the fixed or preview size specified in the module settings, no resizing and recompression will take place upon saving the image on the server. However, when using the image viewer after making any modification to the image (rotation, brightness, etc.), the image will undergo recompression prior to being streamed or when it is saved.

Although I think that including a setting for JPG image Encoder.Quality is a great one and although I am just about ready to submit a gallery module upgrade (mostly bug fixes including those that are showstoppers for ASP.Net 4.0 and DNN 5.5.x and above), I don't think I'll include this enhancement as it will involve changes in several code files and considerable re-testing.

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Bill, WESNet Designs
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I have included a configuration option for JPEG encoder quality (10-100) in Gallery v 04.03.03 RC which is now available for testing from it's CodePlex project downloads page: http://dnngallery.codeplex.com/releas.... The default for this setting is 80.

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Bill, WESNet Designs
Team Lead - DotNetNuke Gallery Module Project (Not Actively Being Developed)
Extensions Forge Projects . . .
Current: UserExport, ContentDeJour, ePrayer, DNN NewsTicker, By Invitation
Coming Soon: FRBO-For Rent By Owner