Re: IKImageBrowserView image quality changing with redraw
Re: IKImageBrowserView image quality changing with redraw
- Subject: Re: IKImageBrowserView image quality changing with redraw
- From: Thomas Goossens <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:59:57 +0100
Hi Adam,
Is this on Leopard or Snowleopard ?
I just tried to load images from /System/Library/Desktop Pictures in an IKImageBrowserView using the NSImage representation. They appears just fine for me (SnowLeopard).
> [Side note: I've seen reference to the prefetching behavior
> of IKImageBrowserView is particularly gnarly for NSImages as all the preload
> must be done on main thread since NSImage is not thread safe. ?]
This is true on Leopard, but not on SnowLeopard.
> With this in
> mind, what's the preferred type for IKImageBrowserItem backings
If you images exists on the filesystem, it is preferable to use a path or url based representation.
Otherwise, there is no preferred representation.
-- Thomas
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:01 AM, Adam Berger wrote:
> I'm trying to move from a custom view to an IKImageBrowserView in a project,
> and running into a somewhat odd problem. Context: my IKImageBrowserItems are
> IKImageBrowserNSImageRepresentationType, backed by a relatively
> large (~600x800) NSImage.
>
> When first drawn, at any scale factor, this looks great. However, as soon as
> a redraw (not a reload!) occurs, the quality goes to hell. For example,
> clicking in the browserview will cause this problem instantly. It's as if
> it's deciding all of a sudden to fall back to a cached image of much lower
> quality. Scrolling seems not to trigger a redraw of this type; so if a large
> view containing as-first-drawn high quality images is clicked, only the
> currently visible thumbnails will get degraded, and scrolling can then
> present a mix of degraded and full-quality images.
>
> Needless to say, this huge a reduction in image quality is not acceptable.
> How can this be prevented?
>
> [Side note: I've seen reference to the prefetching behavior
> of IKImageBrowserView is particularly gnarly for NSImages as all the preload
> must be done on main thread since NSImage is not thread safe. With this in
> mind, what's the preferred type for IKImageBrowserItem backings?]
>
> Adam
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