XnView Software

hello,

I recently noticed that all of my .jpg file thumbnail previews look blurry, although the corresponding raw files are sharp, and the .jpg looks sharp when if I double click on them and view a single .jpg image at a time. Please see the attached screen snip for an example.

It seems to me that this issue is new, but I am not sure when it first appeared. I have tried rebuilding all of the thumbnails in the catalog which didn't resolve the problem.

I'm currently using XnView MP 1.93, dated 8/8/2025

Is there something that I should do as a user to resolve this? - thanks!

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XnViewMP - thumbnails - understanding quality/size

Will do. Thanks for the reply pointer, I'll check that out and see if I can get it sort3ed out..

I have tried again the steps described in the link provided to ensure that I did it correctly, however unfortunately the result/issue remains the same - in particular, I tried the fix in the following lines. Perhaps the is not the correct fix for my case?

> ...
> USE CASE
> Thumbnails quality decreased (became blurry) in Browser when you increased their size from default 128x96 to, eg, 500x500.
>
> Fix depends on the thumbnail caching settings
> ☑ Thumbnail caching (default)
> 1. go to Settings > Catalog
> - press Get thumbnail size button to increase cached size (192x144 by default) to match rendering size (500x500)
> - press Rebuild thumbnails button
> 2. reopen Browser tab or restart app

Can someone please explain what I am missing? - thanks

embedded thumbnail are used
try updated instruction:

user0 wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2024 7:39 am

• ☑ Thumbnail caching (default)
  1. in Settings > Thumbnail
  - check Create from original image if embedded thumbnail is smaller than thumbnail [rendering] size
     OR
  - uncheck Use embedded thumbnail
  2. in Settings > Catalog
  - change Thumbnail caching size to match new rendering size (500x500) or slightly exceed it
  - press Rebuild thumbnails button
  3. reopen Browser tab or restart app

Thanks for the suggestion. Unchecking the "Use embedded thumbnails" option before rebuilding with larger size cached thumbnails does fix the issue of blurry .jpg previews in the XnView browser - thanks