File:Black-necked Stilt-252.jpg
Manual thumbnail.
I have a problem with the new thumbnail code. It just doesn't produce a quality result. Compare the two images. The difference speaks for itself. Tannin 12:30, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Errm... click on enlarge: the large image already looks fuzzy to me... Lupo 12:39, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Is that better? I sharpened the large image marginally. The small image (software generated) should also improve now (seeing as it has a sharper original to work from) but it still won't be nearly as good as an image generated by a system with a human being in the loop.
(You may have to clear your cache to see the differences.) Tannin
Ah... "it still won't be nearly as good as an image generated by a system with a human being in the loop" — you are aware of that. Apparently I had misunderstood; I thought your problem was that a human could outperform the software on a visual task... I don't think in the SW is to blame in this case: it's task is to produce thumbnails, and of course those will be fuzzy if the original is fuzzy. It's not the task of the SW to automatically sharpen an image. So, where's the problem? :-) Lupo 12:52, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)