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Zoom Region Pixelation
Is there a way to zoom an image without the zoomed in view being pixelated? For example, I insert a large high resolution image of an office floor layout showing different offices, desks, chairs for the whole floor of a building. The image itself is much larger than SL stage so it is automatically shrunk to fit (which is OK because I want to see the whole floor layout). I then zoom in on a specific office but SL seems to be using the reduced size of the original PNG so when the zoom happens the image pixelates. The original image has enough image detail to to have the region zoomed to full screen and still be at least 72dpi. I want the zoomed in image to be crystal clear.
Anybody know a way around this?
Just tried it and I believe you've got it! I'm going to experiment a bit more but I think I'm getting the result you describe.
Thanks! I'll be back after a few more experiments with a report....
Does SL have a pixel limit for imported images? I have an image of roughly 5000 X 8000 and it seems to be limiting it to around 1300 X 2100. Is that normal?
Great question. I'm not aware of a limit but I haven't imported super-mondo images.
there is a limit, storyline crashes sometimes when I go for 5000x5000 images, Magnus had a lot to say about that
Phil, that's what I'm starting to see. Getting memory warnings and warning that SL might close (though it hasn't). Still doing some testing here.
Tried to import an image 14000 pixels wide x 5000 pixels high. Imported it but resized to a lot lower resolution.
Hey, Brett -
I know this is probably a pain but you might be able to get around the limit by slicing your image up to smaller dimensions (?) Puzzle-solve it back together and the user won't know the difference. This will likely still eat up as much memory as a single big image.
Interesting...
- I created an image in Illustrator that is 2318 X 3317.
- Exported it as both a jpeg and png
- Inserted both into SL but SL says they are 1431 X 2048 as original size.
Yeah, it seems to be scaling them on import to mitigate memory torture and crash.
Thats a good solution thanks Steve
