How to show the original image in original as it is without going through presets or processing ? [#501632]

How I can bypass image cache presets or any sort of server side processing and show an uploaded image file as it is in the node view ( non-thumbnail non-teaser view ) ?

I want to do this as I will be using node gallery to upload images by myself only and no other user - so sizes and all that are already done in photoshop. I do not know whether it is image cache or any of the gd library etc makes the image lose it crispness slightly. Compared to the image directly shown in browser when seen through node gallery/drupal it becomes slightly blurred ( may not be noticable to all on lower resolutions )

Can an option be added in node gallery to show the original image in original size as it is without going through presets or processing ?
If such option is not added or added in future, how can I bypass this for the time being ?

# Deleting "node-gallery-display" seems to vanish the image
# Deleting the parameters in that preset makes the image better but still not what I want

Thanks in advance for any help.

Comments

Comment #1

Tally commented 25 June 2009 at 06:23

Imagecache should have preset: node-gallery-display. This is your basic display in the image node. To prevent resizing of the image, set the Action to scale with 100% in both width and height.

Also, check your settings for Image Toolkit. Mine is set for JPEG quality: 75%. It should be set at 100% to prevent any compression.

Check ImageAPI configuration for the Compression Quality.

With these settings, your image node should show a full-size picture without any degradation.

Comment #2

kaakuu commented 25 June 2009 at 06:55

Thanks a lot again.

I am using GIF - does "Image Toolkit: JPEG quality: 75%" setting has any effect on GIF?

I will try your recipe as soon as I can but in the meanwhile can you kindly tell is it just possible to put off image cache and show uploaded image file simply as it is ? Image cache is resource intensive. The way node gallery works, and if it can or has option to show image it is, it is a very lean and and very efficient means to put up a gallery.

Comment #3

wilson98 commented 1 July 2009 at 04:41

will consider it, so that we can reduce the imagecache dependency.

Comment #4

kmonty

He/Him

Berlin, DE + SF, CA

commented 10 July 2009 at 22:19

Version:	6.x-2.0-alpha9	» 6.x-2.x-dev
Category:	support	» feature

Removing the imagecache dependancy would be a very bad idea in my opinion. You would be trading off simplicity (which the majority of users need) for power (which would only please a minority).

There is an option to have a link to the original image. I feel this is good for most cases.

In your specific use case, you could edit the templates / theme functions to bypass the imagecache preset.

Comment #5

mblataric commented 18 July 2009 at 14:00

Perhaps better integration with Lightbox 2 then?
Problem is, if image is shown in Lightbox, there is no "Download original image" which would be rather nice.
On the other side, if I select Lightbox option to open original image, I have to select ImageCache preset - which means - more processing, more file storage - since ImageCache can't have preset that would actually link to original - you can only create a preset that does not touch original - but that creates another file. Not nice on shared environment.

Good solution for my needs would be "Download original image" link in Lightbox 2 (any time lightbox is opened with "Display" ImageCache preset). Would that be possible?