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 361 pixels and compressed the image at 67% jpeg quality.

Someone resized the image to 407 pixels and compressed the image at 28% jpeg quality.

Then someone added a bit of sharpen because it looked blurry, resized the image to 393 pixels and compressed the image at 26% jpeg quality.

Someone resized the image to 465 pixels and compressed the image at 38% jpeg quality.

Then someone added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 489 pixels and compressed the image at 51% jpeg quality.

Someone else reduced to a 41 color gif.

After that, they resized the image to 307 pixels and compressed the image at 24% jpeg quality.

Then they resized the image to 513 pixels and compressed the image at 23% jpeg quality.

Then they reduced to a 58 color gif.

Someone resized the image to 344 pixels and compressed the image at 21% jpeg quality.

Someone else reduced to a 43 color gif.

Then they resized the image to 445 pixels, compressed the image at 25% jpeg quality and after that, they resized the image to 544 pixels and compressed the image at 34% jpeg quality.

Someone resized the image to 456 pixels, compressed the image at 29% jpeg quality and then they resized the image to 492 pixels and compressed the image at 8% jpeg quality.

After that, they added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 520 pixels, compressed the image at 18% jpeg quality and after that and they reduced to a 40 color gif.

Then they resized the image to 453 pixels and compressed the image at 18% jpeg quality and someone reduced to a 20 color gif.

Then someone resized the image to 524 pixels, compressed the image at 33% jpeg quality and then they resized the image to 519 pixels and compressed the image at 24% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 524 pixels, compressed the image at 17% jpeg quality and someone resized the image to 372 pixels and compressed the image at 33% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 570 pixels and compressed the image at 22% jpeg quality and someone else reduced to a 16 color gif.

Someone else resized the image to 456 pixels, compressed the image at 19% jpeg quality and after that and they reduced to a 38 color gif.

Someone reduced to a 46 color gif and after that, they resized the image to 517 pixels and compressed the image at 28% jpeg quality.

Finally they added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 455 pixels and compressed the image at 20% jpeg quality.

Oh my, that got pretty bad.

Website by Joachim Michaelis