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 553 pixels and compressed the image at 55% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 333 pixels and compressed the image at 34% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 444 pixels and compressed the image at 55% jpeg quality.

Someone else resized the image to 512 pixels and compressed the image at 70% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 406 pixels and compressed the image at 38% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 370 pixels and compressed the image at 47% jpeg quality.

After that and they reduced to a 28 color gif.

After that and they reduced to a 25 color gif.

Someone added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 483 pixels and compressed the image at 15% jpeg quality.

Then they reduced to a 10 color gif.

Then someone added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 436 pixels and compressed the image at 22% jpeg quality.

After that, they resized the image to 416 pixels, compressed the image at 27% jpeg quality and then they added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 473 pixels and compressed the image at 34% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 393 pixels, compressed the image at 8% jpeg quality and someone else resized the image to 544 pixels and compressed the image at 30% jpeg quality.

Then they added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 474 pixels, compressed the image at 14% jpeg quality and after that, they resized the image to 455 pixels and compressed the image at 31% jpeg quality.

Then someone added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 531 pixels and compressed the image at 20% jpeg quality and someone reduced to a 44 color gif.

After that and they reduced to a 42 color gif and someone else reduced to a 14 color gif.

Someone added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 571 pixels and compressed the image at 20% jpeg quality and then they reduced to a 48 color gif.

After that, they reduced to a 35 color gif and someone else resized the image to 562 pixels and compressed the image at 18% jpeg quality.

After that, they resized the image to 427 pixels, compressed the image at 25% jpeg quality and someone resized the image to 349 pixels and compressed the image at 18% jpeg quality.

Then someone resized the image to 547 pixels, compressed the image at 12% jpeg quality and someone added a bit of contrast, resized the image to 549 pixels and compressed the image at 35% jpeg quality.

Finally someone resized the image to 449 pixels and compressed the image at 19% jpeg quality.

Oh my, that got pretty bad.

Website by Joachim Michaelis