RAW to Jpeg quality looks fine in Aperture not so good on Web page

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RAW to Jpeg quality looks fine in Aperture not so good on Web page

I am using the latest version of Aperture with the Retina display. The Raw images look tremendous, after I resize the image and save it to jpeg the image still looks good. When I upload to a web page the image looks horrible. There is a lot of noise and the image over all looks blurred. I open it in Aperture and it looks fine. What is the issue? I have tried the different settings when saving the image and nothing works. I have also saved the image in a tif format and still the same issue. Looks great in aperture not so great on the web. Please help if possible.

Aperture 3, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 21, 2012 7:05 PM

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Nov 21, 2012 7:45 PM in response to B757Pic

Your site is likely re-sampling your file, perhaps because it is too large. Ask the Webmaster what size and quality to make the JPGs, and export to that. There may also be a browser issue.

If you provide some details re: exactly how your are exporting, which site you are using, how the JPG is used, etc., someone here may be able to provide additional guidance -- but this seems to be a Web question, as Aperture -- from what you say -- is working well for you.

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Nov 23, 2012 6:29 PM in response to Kirby Krieger

Kirby,

Thank you for the reply.

I changed the Retina display optimization to the more space option and no longer have the problem. Typically I post to Flickr. I am new to mac and aperture but when exporting the pic I select export, version, and select fit within 1024x1024 and quality is 10-11. I then upload to Fickr. Hope this correct.

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Nov 24, 2012 8:11 AM in response to B757Pic

The problem was caused by the Browser not displaying correctly in your MBPr? And it is resolved?

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Aye Es Oh

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Nov 24, 2012 9:26 AM in response to Kirby Krieger

This is pure speculation since I don't have a RMBP, but perhaps the issue here Flickr's site doesn't yet generate retina sized thumbnails? Using the "More Space" option basically reduces the size of user interface elements so that the pixels are displayed at something more like a 1:1 ratio, which would at least appear to resolve the issue.

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