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[Q] Gallery not showing high-resolution images

Does anyone have an idea why the default Gallery app doesn't show full-resolution images, but rather a crappy down-sized and heavily compressed images instead?
I've tried some other gallery apps, but I really like the look and transitions on the default app - everything is good, except the resolution :/
Also, if you have any other good gallery apps to try out, I'm all ears. My problem is that I need to carry with me a very large amount of photos (several thousand). I've downsized them to fit into 1200x1200 resolution box, but when viewed through the default app, they suck immensely.

I believe that is Android's fault. The stock android gallery downsizes all pics. If there was a similar gallery app (transitions and look) but with full-size pics I'd be interested too!!!

Same problem here. Though it's still far from perfect, the best viewer I've seen so far is JustPictures!, which can handle hires images quite correctly.

I have the same problem and as I am a photographer and use the Tab as my portofilo I have found on the market for free the app Large Image Viewer.
That will display the images as I want it to see.
Rob
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ap27 said:
I believe that is Android's fault. The stock android gallery downsizes all pics. If there was a similar gallery app (transitions and look) but with full-size pics I'd be interested too!!!
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Indeed. Stock Android apps suck at any decent media viewing or editing. Its also why every photo editing app downsizes your edits to a pitiful 1024 resolution. Its an OS limitation I believe.
Um, Google. What the hell is the point then in better cameras & higher resolutions if you're crappy OS can't handle editing them??
Someone buy Google a clue.

Here is the gallery app modded to show full size images:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752007
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Azhad said:
Here is the gallery app modded to show full size images:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752007
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Does it work for the tab?

I had to root first to remove the old gallery before installing the modded gallery.
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Try just pictures app
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clovis_ll said:
Does it work for the tab?
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Sure
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morkman said:
I have the same problem and as I am a photographer and use the Tab as my portofilo I have found on the market for free the app Large Image Viewer.
That will display the images as I want it to see.
Rob
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Yeah, same here - a photographer After that I've uploaded most of my archive in a resized, but still high-res mode, and saw that horror on the screen... Bah! I'll check out that app, thanks!

Photog here too... the modded gallery looks like a nice option, but I've been using the app called just pictures from the market(as mentioned by obi4d above)... it allows you to specify the maximum res for zoom viewing (up to original size), and for the most part it is very smooth and clean... a hiccup every now and then with 18mp 300dpi jpegs, but it's free and doesn't require root... it also can connect to several photo sites (flickr, picasa,smugmug, even facebook etc...) to remotely display your galleries much faster than the browser...
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Azhad said:
Here is the gallery app modded to show full size images:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752007
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I use Number22's Gallery3D app, which fixes the sensor battery bug and provides full resolution picture views. I also use JustPictures from time to time.

What about EXIF data. I know 'JustPictures' displays EXIF but what about 'Large Image Viewer', does it too show EXIF material?
If so which is considered to show the greater additional material?

Beards said:
What about EXIF data. I know 'JustPictures' displays EXIF but what about 'Large Image Viewer', does it too show EXIF material?
If so which is considered to show the greater additional material?
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'Large Image Viewer', does not show the Exif.
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morkman said:
'Large Image Viewer', does not show the Exif.
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DAMN..... That is so important to me.
Looks like I'll have to install JustPictures! for EXIF data.

Can someone post an example image so we can test various gallery apks?
I have installed the molded gallery from the SGS Toolbox but my images look fine (as did they before this).
I fail to see the problem.
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[Q] what is the best image viewer app...????

image zoomed in stock gallery gets blurred..... cant zoom heavy images....
is there any other image viewer which can zoom an widout blurring it...????

quickpic ftw

ohfivepro said:
quickpic ftw
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+1
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seriousia said:
+1
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...... +2

I just tested quickpick and is very fast. what I don't like is the menu configuration.
but if you want a fast picture viewer quickpick wont disappoint.
any other to test?

Just Pictures. You will love it.

Quickpic is the best, imo... none of that 3D tilty crap and it's veery fast.
The only thing it lacks is navigation by filetree.
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quick pic

+++ QuickPick, very fast

QuickPic - absolutely awesome!

QuickPic hands down. No competition here.

Quickpic
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navin.shah said:
image zoomed in stock gallery gets blurred..... cant zoom heavy images....
is there any other image viewer which can zoom an widout blurring it...????
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Take a look at Image and video viewer section. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14358818#post14358818

I have a question about quickpic if someone can help me.
When I want to set a wallpaper using a high resolution picture, the rectangle selector is maximized to the borders of the picture, but what I want is the selector to be the size of my screen resolution. (Like it is with gallery 3d)
So is there any way to make the rectangle selector exactly the size of the phone screen?

I'm using Quickpic to view high resolution photos (captured by DSLR) and very happy with it.

Graphics and UI look great, photos are not. Do you experience the same?

Icons, games, graphics, and UI look gorgeous. On the other hand, normal photography that appear just normal on my laptop, appears on my Galaxy Tab not as clear and the quality sucks. Anyone experiencing the same? I have Honeycomb 3.1 -3.2 is not yet available for my region. Thanks in advance!
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M_Shaaban said:
Icons, games, graphics, and UI look gorgeous. On the other hand, normal photography that appear just normal on my laptop, appears on my Galaxy Tab not as clear and the quality sucks. Anyone experiencing the same? I have Honeycomb 3.1 -3.2 is not yet available for my region. Thanks in advance!
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In my case, graphics are awesome. In fact photos on my tab look better than their copies on the desktop.
The only thing, if you choose to set a small image as your wallpaper or lock screen, it does not look as neat. You need to use either the default ones, or some high resolution photos.

It does not look nice while browsing or on background apps. The pics that's preloaded on the Tab looks great but others are not. Weird!
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M_Shaaban said:
It does not look nice while browsing or on background apps. The pics that's preloaded on the Tab looks great but others are not. Weird!
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Photos are not the same resolution as preloaded images first of all.

ace81 said:
In my case, graphics are awesome. In fact photos on my tab look better than their copies on the desktop.
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^^^^^
This.

Gallery customisation?

So I'm looking to get an S2 soon but one of the things that seems quite lacking compared to something like an iphone is the gallery. I've seen videos of the gallery and used a demo of it myself and it is just not very sleek when browsing photos. Are there ways to completely customise how the gallery can be used?

Just install an app from the market like Quickpic

There are 3 best gallery apps:
- quickpic is the fastest gallery on android
- fishbowl has innovatif ui
- just pictures is just pictures gallery but very good
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[Q] Nexus 7 wallpaper sizing

I have read dozens of threads here and elsewhere that ask how to resize images on the Nexus 7 so that they are not badly cropped.
Not one question has been answered properly and one solution (PicSpeed) is a joke as it does nothing.
Surely it is not beyond the wit of man (or even xda!) to design a solution to this ridiculous problem? It's a huge disappointment to be prevented from using one's own images as wallpaper on the home screen background.
I await a development with interest.

No comments?

I download 720P or 1080p wallpapers and use quickpic app to crop them. This means they don't zoom in like the idiotic standard gallery crop.
Solves the issue.
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You could try wallpaper wizardrii from play store..just use the scale option once installed.
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1600 x 1280.
The standard gallery crop box will default to covering the entire image, there is no re-sizing which obviously degrades quality.

I use Simple Image Wallpaper. It's free in the Play Store and works great. Super easy.

1600 x 1280 doesn't work; wallpaper is zoomed into about a quarter of the full image. Tiny images and huge images & everything in between are all resized to show exactly the same part of the image - about a quarter.
Will try the other apps.
Thanks for the replies but I don't see anything overriding the inbuilt resizing.

BretonGirl said:
I use Simple Image Wallpaper. It's free in the Play Store and works great. Super easy.
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^ This
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Re Simple Image Wallpaper:- https://play.google.com/store/apps/...RnZWxpbmVhcHBzLnNpbXBsZWltYWdld2FsbHBhcGVyIl0.
Consensus seems to be it doesn't work and worse crashes the N7.

Mardler said:
Re Simple Image Wallpaper:- https://play.google.com/store/apps/...RnZWxpbmVhcHBzLnNpbXBsZWltYWdld2FsbHBhcGVyIl0.
Consensus seems to be it doesn't work and worse crashes the N7.
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Works fine on my Nexus 7 and I've never had a crash.