Plaid pattern over image when previewing

Myemerald

Member Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Dec 15, 2016 12:21 Messages: 76 Offline

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Jul 30, 2022 16:44

I've never had this happen before, but my images have a sort of plaid pattern overlaid on them in photo viewer. It disappears when I click to zoom. The pattern is not there when viewing in photo viewer & browser or photo browser only.

Image with plaid pattern

Any idea why this is happening?

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PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Jul 30, 2022 18:26

Hello Myemerald,

That's a particular issue I've not experienced with PhD. Thank you for uploading the screenshot showing the problem. Let's try to narrow the possibilities.

Does the same issue occur in other photo viewers with that photo? (e,g, Windows Photos)

Is the problem occurring with all photos or only particular ones?

What options do you have checked under Preferences > Hardware Acceleration?

Could you please upload the original photo so members can test?

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Myemerald

Member Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Dec 15, 2016 12:21 Messages: 76 Offline

Jul 30, 2022 21:22

Thank you Pix.

Does the same issue occur in other photo viewers with that photo? (e,g, Windows Photos)

It now appears to be random. When I uploaded the exported photo to my Google Drive, even though it is now fine in PhD, I see a faint plaid over it in the GD viewer.

Is the problem occurring with all photos or only particular ones?

It was occurring on all photos in this project (I haven't looked at other projects). Just now when I went back to this project it was NOT occurring.

What options do you have checked under Preferences > Hardware Acceleration?

Enable Hardware Acceleration for video decoding.

Here's the original exported from PhD (with edits).
Here's the original straight from the camera.

This message was edited 3 times. Last update was at Jul 31. 2022 13:49

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tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Jul 31, 2022 10:20

This only happens on viewing those two photos over an internet connection. Suspect that the dithering is necessary because of the server bandwidth.

Myemerald

Member Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Dec 15, 2016 12:21 Messages: 76 Offline

Jul 31, 2022 10:58

Quote This only happens on viewing those two photos over an internet connection. Suspect that the dithering is necessary because of the server bandwidth.

That would explain why it's not consistently happening.
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PIX

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 21, 2011 00:02 Messages: 2910 Offline

Jul 31, 2022 13:58

Hello again Myemerald,

There is no display issue with your original photo straight from the camera here. That won't surprise you because, as you've said, the issue seems to be a bit random.

In any case, I'm pleased things appear to have returned to normal & you can get on with your editing.

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