helmut wrote:The speed of the smoothening (high quality) depends on the number of pixels, I guess this is the reason why Pierre uses pixels as units.
Yes, exactly
Very strongly compressed files (e.g. JPG) could have a small file size but a large number of pixels (dimension). So file size would not be fully correct. But even Pierre's current approach has a flaw, what happens if a file is 3000 pixel wide but only 10 pixel high?
Olivier_G wrote:So what about my previous suggestion ?
Olivier_G wrote:Maybe we should use what Hacker mentioned previously: the number of pixels (as the surface area: width x height) ?
=> "Use 2-step high quality preview for pictures larger than [X] Mega-Pixels"
Most people know what a "Mega-Pixel" is (thanks to digital cameras) and it does represent exactly the complexity of the operation...
Megapixel refers to the total amount of pixels, not to vertical or horizontal resolution, as in this case. For this wording to match, Pierre would need to change the way the value is checked.
Olivier_G wrote:=> "Use 2-step high quality preview for pictures larger than [X] Mega-Pixels"
Megapixel refers to the total amount of pixels, not to vertical or horizontal resolution, as in this case. For this wording to match, Pierre would need to change the way the value is checked.
Exactly: my suggestion is not about wording....
It is about changing the condition itself in order to better reflect the complexity/time of the operation, which seems to be the main issue, here, given Pierre's answers.
Olivier_G wrote:=> "Use 2-step high quality preview for pictures larger than [X] Mega-Pixels"
Megapixel refers to the total amount of pixels, not to vertical or horizontal resolution, as in this case. For this wording to match, Pierre would need to change the way the value is checked.
Exactly: my suggestion is not about wording....
It is about changing the condition itself in order to better reflect the complexity/time of the operation, which seems to be the main issue, here, given Pierre's answers.