<div class="gmail_quote"><div>The quality setting in Image API affects the compression level of the JPEGs that it creats. It's passed as a parameter to GD lib or ImageMagick, depending on what library you are using. I could be wrong, but I do not believe the original upload is discarded.</div>
<div><br></div><div>One thing that GD lib will do is set a default resolution (PPI) of 72ppi on all JPEG images that pass through it. I am working on a post-processing filter for ImageCache that will allow you to configure the PPI once all other GD/ImageMagick libs are finished with it. However, this is only necessary where you want to distribute print quality images, since 72ppi is relatively optimal for screen output.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Nyk Cowham</div><div>Ashlin Interactive Strategy</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm using Filefield.<br>
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I'm confused about the setting at:<br>
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admin/settings/imageapi/config<br>
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where it asks you to set a jpg % for photo manipulations.<br>
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Here is my question... if I've got my file uploads set to no maximum, both<br>
for file size and pixel count, will the image be copied as is or will it be<br>
compressed at the jpg setting? Will Drupal save the original without<br>
changing it.<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#888888"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></blockquote></div><br>