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11/01/2014 01:42:44 PM · #151
Originally posted by Kroburg:

Safari on my iPad mini resizes well, no problem.

Your iPad mini uses ios8 operating system. My iPhone screen works well at resizing, too. But, an iPhone or an iPad mini are unfair voting screens because of their small size.
11/01/2014 01:50:32 PM · #152
Originally posted by hahn23:

Originally posted by Kroburg:

Safari on my iPad mini resizes well, no problem.

Your iPad mini uses ios8 operating system. My iPhone screen works well at resizing, too. But, an iPhone or an iPad mini are unfair voting screens because of their small size.


I usually view the images first time around on the big monitor... but I do often vote (and comment) from my iPad mini (voting from iPHONE isn't allowed). I feel by then I'm familiar enough to make a fair decision. Even though they're small, they look good. I always check out my OWN entries on it before I make a final decision about entering.
11/01/2014 01:57:47 PM · #153
Resizing looks great with google glass. Thanks for all your hard work.
11/01/2014 02:24:49 PM · #154
Originally posted by PennyStreet:

I usually view the images first time around on the big monitor... but I do often vote (and comment) from my iPad mini (voting from iPHONE isn't allowed). I feel by then I'm familiar enough to make a fair decision. Even though they're small, they look good. I always check out my OWN entries on it before I make a final decision about entering.

Ditto for the Nexus 10 Android Tablet. I often wander around after my first-pass big-screen voting and bump a few that are growing on me. This frequently happens on the tablet.
11/01/2014 08:58:30 PM · #155
Originally posted by PennyStreet:

I still can't get the auto resizing to work. I'm back to sizing it to less then 800 on the long side and making sure it's less than 300kb. I'm doing the resizing.


It appears to be working now!!!! I won't jinx anything by trying to figure out why, but this is great! Thanks for the increase,
11/05/2014 12:38:05 AM · #156
Just popped in after some absence and WOW!!! was I pleasantly surprised. I have been asking and posting for extra size so often here in the past. Most of the times I got ridiculed and even attacked by many for my efforts.
Now it has become a reality...super and thanks Langdon. Just seems weird that everybody seems to have forgotten about my postings in this regard and no-one has even mentioned my name in this thread.
Anyway I am really happy and will start participating again because of this.
11/05/2014 12:56:41 AM · #157
Originally posted by OutOfAfrica:

Just seems weird that everybody seems to have forgotten about my postings in this regard and no-one has even mentioned my name in this thread.

To be fair, Fred, you have been asking for this for so long that it would take too long to give proper credit to all of your names.
11/05/2014 12:58:57 AM · #158
They do look awesome indeed....noticed that if you click onto your own photo it uses the whole monitor though!
11/05/2014 01:10:05 AM · #159
Originally posted by Neat:

They do look awesome indeed....noticed that if you click onto your own photo it uses the whole monitor though!

That's weird. Only one of them does that for me.
11/05/2014 08:23:29 AM · #160
These pictures are HUGE!
11/05/2014 08:48:47 AM · #161
Originally posted by bohemka:

Originally posted by OutOfAfrica:

Just seems weird that everybody seems to have forgotten about my postings in this regard and no-one has even mentioned my name in this thread.

To be fair, Fred, you have been asking for this for so long that it would take too long to give proper credit to all of your names.

Also, FWIW, MANY of us have been advocating for this change for many years: individual names are meaningless in that context. But it's good to see you back, Fred!
11/05/2014 09:45:45 AM · #162
CONGRATULATIONS FRED! The HUGE new size is especially amazing when a landscape opens up on my screen.
11/05/2014 10:33:25 AM · #163
I don't get it. Why change the size if it doesn't show that big on the monitor? I only see the full sized images on my iMac at home. On all my other computers the images at first LOAD at full size then immediately resize to something smaller. Kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it? There is room on my current monitor to see the full size images and if I pull up one of my own I can see it at the 1200 pixel size. But not at DPC unless I am on my 27" screen.
11/05/2014 12:35:02 PM · #164
Don't know about anyone else, but it's taking a lot longer to vote now as I have to wait for the pages to load with the larger allowed file sizes.
11/05/2014 03:51:57 PM · #165
Originally posted by glad2badad:

Don't know about anyone else, but it's taking a lot longer to vote now as I have to wait for the pages to load with the larger allowed file sizes.

I haven't voted yet, but I know I cannot do it unless I am home for that very reason. I can deal with the resizing, but the images take too long to load on that connection. Definitely need a good connection to the net.
11/05/2014 07:32:44 PM · #166
Originally posted by CEJ:

I don't get it. Why change the size if it doesn't show that big on the monitor? I only see the full sized images on my iMac at home. On all my other computers the images at first LOAD at full size then immediately resize to something smaller. Kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it? There is room on my current monitor to see the full size images and if I pull up one of my own I can see it at the 1200 pixel size. But not at DPC unless I am on my 27" screen.


same thing is happening for me, in fact the images are now smaller than before...they are however sharper and clearer so in the end all's good.....first world problems :)
11/05/2014 08:26:52 PM · #167
Doesn't the first post address these display issues?
Originally posted by langdon:

Effective with tomorrow's new challenge announcement, we have raised the size limits on challenge entries ...

Since we are aware that this size increase will be problematical with smaller monitors, we will be incorporating automatic scaling of images to the available screen real estate. Since automatic scaling was first discussed in these forums, the algorithms have improved dramatically, so much so that we are confident quality will be maintained during any potential downsizing.

Please provide any feedback regarding the new adjusted 1200px voting experience late next week, as no changes to the voting experience will be made until then.

Enjoy! We welcome your comments and responses to this major change.
11/05/2014 09:39:37 PM · #168
Did the new sizes cause the voting scale to be only at the bottom? I haven't voted a whole lot lately, but I remember it being at the top.

Matt
11/05/2014 09:40:38 PM · #169
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Doesn't the first post address these display issues?


Obviously not as the available screen real estate on four of the five monitors I use on a regular basis have the screen real estate available to view the images full size, but only one of them is doing so. All of them are using the exact same software and browsers and settings, blah, blah, blah. Yet it only works on this - the computer I am posting from right now, the 27" iMac. The largest screen. There is a dramatic difference in image quality between how this screen shows the image and how every 'scaled' screen shows the image. When I viewed at home before I went to work I was blown away by the image quality and how great they looked. I get to work and I am viewing on a 24" screen and all of a sudden they look like crap. The same photos. Then I realize they are being resized. And when I stopped to watch them load, sure enough, they load full size and look great for about a tenth of a second before they are resized and look like...well, normal DPC images on my screen - no larger or better in quality. In fact, a lot look poorer in quality so much so that I stopped voting in the C2K challenge. A lot of the photos looked excessively processed, especially in the cloud/sky areas as well as a lot of them look to be very over-sharpened. I will review and re-vote 100% on my home screen.

Message edited by author 2014-11-05 21:53:52.
11/05/2014 11:11:02 PM · #170
Originally posted by MattO:

Did the new sizes cause the voting scale to be only at the bottom?

That was an intentional design change to help maximize screen real estate for the larger images.
11/06/2014 01:31:26 AM · #171
Originally posted by CEJ:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Doesn't the first post address these display issues?


Obviously not as the available screen real estate on four of the five monitors I use on a regular basis have the screen real estate available to view the images full size, but only one of them is doing so. All of them are using the exact same software and browsers and settings, blah, blah, blah. Yet it only works on this - the computer I am posting from right now, the 27" iMac. The largest screen. There is a dramatic difference in image quality between how this screen shows the image and how every 'scaled' screen shows the image. When I viewed at home before I went to work I was blown away by the image quality and how great they looked. I get to work and I am viewing on a 24" screen and all of a sudden they look like crap. The same photos. Then I realize they are being resized. And when I stopped to watch them load, sure enough, they load full size and look great for about a tenth of a second before they are resized and look like...well, normal DPC images on my screen - no larger or better in quality. In fact, a lot look poorer in quality so much so that I stopped voting in the C2K challenge. A lot of the photos looked excessively processed, especially in the cloud/sky areas as well as a lot of them look to be very over-sharpened. I will review and re-vote 100% on my home screen.


That's weird...wonder why they display differently on your other monitors especially on your 24 inch monitor. I don't have any issues here. I am using a Apple Mac mini with the Safari browser and a 22 inch HP pavilion 22xi monitor and the images are displayed full of detail and at 1200x pixels.
11/06/2014 04:21:15 AM · #172
Originally posted by OutOfAfrica:

Originally posted by CEJ:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Doesn't the first post address these display issues?


Obviously not as the available screen real estate on four of the five monitors I use on a regular basis have the screen real estate available to view the images full size, but only one of them is doing so. All of them are using the exact same software and browsers and settings, blah, blah, blah. Yet it only works on this - the computer I am posting from right now, the 27" iMac. The largest screen. There is a dramatic difference in image quality between how this screen shows the image and how every 'scaled' screen shows the image. When I viewed at home before I went to work I was blown away by the image quality and how great they looked. I get to work and I am viewing on a 24" screen and all of a sudden they look like crap. The same photos. Then I realize they are being resized. And when I stopped to watch them load, sure enough, they load full size and look great for about a tenth of a second before they are resized and look like...well, normal DPC images on my screen - no larger or better in quality. In fact, a lot look poorer in quality so much so that I stopped voting in the C2K challenge. A lot of the photos looked excessively processed, especially in the cloud/sky areas as well as a lot of them look to be very over-sharpened. I will review and re-vote 100% on my home screen.


That's weird...wonder why they display differently on your other monitors especially on your 24 inch monitor. I don't have any issues here. I am using a Apple Mac mini with the Safari browser and a 22 inch HP pavilion 22xi monitor and the images are displayed full of detail and at 1200x pixels.

The 22" HP screen (and most 24" screens) is 1920x1080, so must resize to show in full an 1200 pixels high image. The iMac 27" screen is 2560x1440 so no problem there. As someone already noted, this change may create a bias towards landscape images, as these will show nicely on smaller screens.
11/07/2014 12:14:25 AM · #173
Originally posted by mitalapo:

Originally posted by OutOfAfrica:

Originally posted by CEJ:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Doesn't the first post address these display issues?


Obviously not as the available screen real estate on four of the five monitors I use on a regular basis have the screen real estate available to view the images full size, but only one of them is doing so. All of them are using the exact same software and browsers and settings, blah, blah, blah. Yet it only works on this - the computer I am posting from right now, the 27" iMac. The largest screen. There is a dramatic difference in image quality between how this screen shows the image and how every 'scaled' screen shows the image. When I viewed at home before I went to work I was blown away by the image quality and how great they looked. I get to work and I am viewing on a 24" screen and all of a sudden they look like crap. The same photos. Then I realize they are being resized. And when I stopped to watch them load, sure enough, they load full size and look great for about a tenth of a second before they are resized and look like...well, normal DPC images on my screen - no larger or better in quality. In fact, a lot look poorer in quality so much so that I stopped voting in the C2K challenge. A lot of the photos looked excessively processed, especially in the cloud/sky areas as well as a lot of them look to be very over-sharpened. I will review and re-vote 100% on my home screen.


That's weird...wonder why they display differently on your other monitors especially on your 24 inch monitor. I don't have any issues here. I am using a Apple Mac mini with the Safari browser and a 22 inch HP pavilion 22xi monitor and the images are displayed full of detail and at 1200x pixels.

The 22" HP screen (and most 24" screens) is 1920x1080, so must resize to show in full an 1200 pixels high image. The iMac 27" screen is 2560x1440 so no problem there. As someone already noted, this change may create a bias towards landscape images, as these will show nicely on smaller screens.


Right I get it but then the answer is to only go say up to 1000 x pixels in height and also in width for square images or as high as your monitor will allow anyway.
11/19/2014 08:16:11 PM · #174
A new trend is emerging with unique aspect ratios to maximize the horizontal space while reducing the odds of having to scroll vertically. Interesting how we adapt. :-)
12/29/2014 12:09:42 PM · #175
WOW!!!! This feels like a Christmas present. I am always out of the loop and I missed this announcement. I replaced my old Mac with a 27" screen
and thought that the images at DP looked so much better...I did not realize there was a change in size. Thanks for doing this Langdon, it makes a
great difference and more importantly it is good to know that you are responding to the community. Happy New Year Everyone!
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