Image x xImage quality difference

[karinha]

Here it is:

https://imgur.com/a/1BC3S4a

In reality, Enrico, the quality of this IMAGE.TIF looks bad, even in IRFANVIEW.exe.

En realidad, Enrico, la calidad de este IMAGE.TIF se ve mala, incluso en IRFANVIEW.exe.

gracias, tks.

Regards, saludos.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

It looks fine here, even with IrfanView:

https://imgur.com/a/bjl6ouZ

[nageswaragunupudi]

Here it is:

https://imgur.com/a/1BC3S4a

Yes.
TImage (which uses freeimage.dll ) renders the image much better than XImage which uses Microsofts GDI+.
Now we need to check and see how to make this better for our users.
We should aim at rendering on par with Windows photo viewer or Irfanview.

[nageswaragunupudi]

In reality, Enrico, the quality of this IMAGE.TIF looks bad, even in IRFANVIEW.exe.

The image we see on this forum is of a lesser quality than what the user actually sees on his computer.

[karinha]

In reality, Enrico, the quality of this IMAGE.TIF looks bad, even in IRFANVIEW.exe.

The image we see on this forum is of a lesser quality than what the user actually sees on his computer.

Exactly Master Rao. Here on Windows 7, the image is horrible.

Exactamente Maestro Rao. Aquí en Windows 7, la imagen es horrible.

TIFF High Quality,

https://imgur.com/QYPXAEC



Regards, saludos.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I don't understand. I see an image of good quality here, no white stains on it. I can't reproduce the problem here.

[nageswaragunupudi]

I don't understand. I see an image of good quality here, no white stains on it. I can't reproduce the problem here.

I am pleasantly surprised that you do not see any problem at you end. I am unable to explain. But I do see the difference here, even with my poor eye-sight, while testing with the TIF file he has sent me.

On testing I noticed that reading "this" tif file with GDI+ is producing a bad quality image while reading with freeimage.dll is producing a good quality image. May be our code to read TIF files with GDI+ is defective and we will examine that in due course with the help of experts.

[nageswaragunupudi]

Dear Mr. Maurício

We are making improvements to the FWH library.

Till then, I suggest this work-around.

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#include "fivewin.ch"

function Main()

   local oDlg, oImage, cFile := "image.tif"

   DEFINE DIALOG oDlg SIZE 1000,900 PIXEL TRUEPIXEL RESIZABLE

   @ 20,20 XIMAGE oImage FILE FILOADIMG( cFile ) SIZE -20,-20 OF oDlg
   oImage:lBmpTransparent := .f.

   ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg CENTERED

return nil
 

Please try with all your TIF files and provide your feedback.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I don't understand. I see an image of good quality here, no white stains on it. I can't reproduce the problem here.

I am pleasantly surprised that you do not see any problem at you end. I am unable to explain. But I do see the difference here, even with my poor eye-sight, while testing with the TIF file he has sent me.

Please look at the result image that I shared some messages up. How do you see it?

[nageswaragunupudi]

Please look at the result image that I shared some messages up. How do you see it?

That was by Irfanview and its ok.
The problem is with TXImage. TImage is ok.

You can see the difference in the quality between

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XIMAGE( cFile ) // bad quality

and

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XIMAGE( filoadimg( cFile ), , .f. ) // better

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I already reported my results:

https://imgur.com/a/1BC3S4a

[nageswaragunupudi]

I don't know if it helps...
If I am correct, I took the handle of an Image object and used it as source of a xImage object and the quality in the screen are is the same.
This make me thinking that the issue can be only when showing the image on screen.

Yes, in this case, we get the same quality with both TImage and TXImage. The reason is the hBitmap of TImage is read with freeimage.dll.
The problem is with reading of Tif.
TImage always uses freeimage.dll. The quality is good when read with freeimage.dll.

Anyway,
we made improvements for the next version.
For all existing versions, the workaround provided above will provide good quality

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I used the samples provided in this thread. Anyway, good to know you are fixed the problem.

[concentra]

I suggest this work-around.

This worked very well.
Thanks.

Only for the record, Windows Photo seems to give a slightly better image. Better focus ? Or Windows Photo itself enhances the image ?
But your solution is good enough to my needs.

Again, very thanks!

[nageswaragunupudi]

We resolved the issue with gdi+.
No need for any workarounds now.

We suggest a small fix which works for all TIF files from disk.

FIX:
Please locate this line of code in the function FW_ReadImage(…)
in \fwh\source\function\imgtxtio.prg:

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aBmp[ 1 ]   := GDIP_ImageFromFile( uBmp, !lGdipImage, Upper( cFileExt( uBmp ) ) == "GIF" )

we need to chage

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=="GIF"

as

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$ "GIF,TIFF"

The modified code appears like this:

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aBmp[ 1 ]   := GDIP_ImageFromFile( uBmp, !lGdipImage, Upper( cFileExt( uBmp ) ) $ "GIF,TIFF" )

With this fix, you need not use the above work around.
But you keep

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oImage:lBmpTransparent := .f.

The results as tested by us are good and as good as Microsoft Photo.
This is a screenshot comparing Microsoft Photo (left) and xImage(right)
Test program

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XIMAGE( "image.tif",, .f. )

With this fix, we can view tif files even with TBitmap