Graphics

Internet Image Degradation

Do things grow old in cyberspace? The answer is "yes"...

When pictures are constantly copied from website to website, and recompressed and rescaled every time, an interesting loss of quality occurs gradually over time. This page tries to simulate and display this gradual devolution. The first picture is the original.

First someone resized the image to 388 pixels and compressed the image at 29% jpeg quality.

Someone resized the image to 503 pixels and compressed the image at 38% jpeg quality.

Someone reduced to a 25 color gif.

Then they resized the image to 405 pixels and compressed the image at 58% jpeg quality.

Someone else resized the image to 308 pixels and compressed the image at 38% jpeg quality.

Then someone added a bit of sharpen because it looked blurry, resized the image to 304 pixels and compressed the image at 27% jpeg quality.

Someone resized the image to 557 pixels and compressed the image at 55% jpeg quality.

Someone else resized the image to 516 pixels and compressed the image at 17% jpeg quality.

Someone else added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 472 pixels and compressed the image at 11% jpeg quality.

After that, they resized the image to 506 pixels and compressed the image at 23% jpeg quality.

Someone resized the image to 475 pixels and compressed the image at 25% jpeg quality.

Someone else resized the image to 384 pixels, compressed the image at 29% jpeg quality and then someone resized the image to 464 pixels and compressed the image at 17% jpeg quality.

After that, they added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 580 pixels, compressed the image at 25% jpeg quality and then they resized the image to 473 pixels and compressed the image at 35% jpeg quality.

Someone else resized the image to 301 pixels, compressed the image at 27% jpeg quality and after that and they reduced to a 28 color gif.

Then they reduced to a 26 color gif and then someone resized the image to 446 pixels and compressed the image at 28% jpeg quality.

Then they added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 413 pixels, compressed the image at 19% jpeg quality and after that and they reduced to a 11 color gif.

Someone else resized the image to 555 pixels, compressed the image at 11% jpeg quality and then they resized the image to 406 pixels and compressed the image at 29% jpeg quality.

Then they resized the image to 530 pixels, compressed the image at 21% jpeg quality and then they rotated the image, resized the image to 442 pixels and compressed the image at 24% jpeg quality.

Someone resized the image to 465 pixels, compressed the image at 15% jpeg quality and someone added a bit of contrast, added a bit of sharpen because it looked blurry, resized the image to 385 pixels and compressed the image at 13% jpeg quality.

After that, they resized the image to 488 pixels, compressed the image at 28% jpeg quality and then they resized the image to 485 pixels and compressed the image at 22% jpeg quality.

Finally someone added a bit of contrast, added a bit of sharpen because it looked blurry, resized the image to 401 pixels and compressed the image at 20% jpeg quality.

Oh my, that got pretty bad.

Website by Joachim Michaelis