On a positive note then -- better it looks ugly on screen and nice in print than the other way 'round. I've been having that problem in a couple other programs -- image *is* fine, looks good on screen, but when printed -- Dali dropping acid.
Cheryl Wm Voss wrote: > Legacy Quick Look uses a very rudimentary image viewer (and > always has). Large images will generally show okay as the > flaws in rendering are hidden by the compressed size. The > closer the original is to the on screen rendered size, the > worse the degradation. I have hundreds of tack sharp images > that look, in Quick Look, like second generation xerox > copies of old newspaper prints. There is nothing at all that > can be done; its all just on your screen -- the image will > print correctly in reports and show fine on web pages. Just > don't bother with them in program. > > Wm Voss > > On 12-Dec-13 5:29 PM, Dale Carmack wrote: >> Attached is the original file and one where I took a screen capture from >> Legacy and saved it so you can see what it does. ; >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:genea...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:46 PM >> To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy 8.0 Questions >> >> Hi Dale, >> >> Brian has answered your first query. >> >> Re your picture problem. >> >> I've never seen this. >> >> Can you send me the pic privately? >> <genea...@gmail.com> >> and I'll take a look. >> >> Cathy >> >> At 06:00 AM 13/12/2013, you wrote: >>> I have several questions regarding Legacy 8.0 so far. I've noticed on >>> several of the videos that Geoff has a different menu selection above >>> the Ribbon (to the left of File, Edit, etc) called System. This is not >>> on my screen and I cannot figure how to display it. Any ideas? >>> >>> A problem I have is that several pictures I try to add to the media >>> appear blurred, or have streaks through them. When the same picture is >>> opened in all other picture viewers it appears normal, including other >>> genealogy programs. It's only in Legacy that it looks this way. I >>> suspect it's due to the original file scan as this was a small B&W >>> photo. However, the scan opens and looks fine (no >>> streaks) in other program and displays normally. >>> >>> Any help is appreciated. Thanks Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
