Re: An NGDF ex-Sperry-ment *

Russo Loco Wrote:
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> So far as I can tell, the only detectable
> difference between letting the NGDF shrink the
> file to its width limit of 1024 pixels
> (2¹⁰) and doing it ahead of time in
> Photoshop is eliminating the brief flicker of the
> larger version in the first case, and giving
> potential "borrowers" a lot less resolution to
> play with in the second.  (Both versions of
> the photo were attacked with the Photoshop's
> "Unsharp Mask" at 60% before saving; which does
> have a visibly larger effect on the smaller
> file.)

That "brief flicker" you experience with decent internet can be a 5-10sec interregnum for us with slow internet. I don't see NGDF as a server doing any shrinkage to any dimension; that's happening in the browser according to the tag dimensions after the image is downloaded...

There is a case for full-size in this forum, though. I've seen recent exchanges where folk were trying to determine some aspect of detail, like recognition of a face, or divining the shape of a part. 800x600 won't help that endeavor...