Description: When a vector drawing is put in the gallery, recent versions of LibO (I think since LibO 4.x or 5.x) create a bitmap to show in the gallery, that also details if the object has a solid background or not. Unfortunately, this preview bitmap is taken at a fixed resolution ignoring the drawing size. This is not the best thing to do as it results in wasted resources when the image is big and in a poor rendering in the gallery when the image is small. Consider the following example: 1) A 10 inch X 10 inch vector object (e.g., a whole drawing) is placed in the gallery. Assuming that the preview bitmap is taken at 100dpi (I do not know the exact resolution being used), a 1000x1000 pixel bitmap is used for the preview. When the preview appears in the gallery, given that the object will likely be offered a 0.5x0.5 inch space, the preview will have a quite redundant 2000 dpi effective resolution. 2) A small vectory symbol 0.25 x 0.25 inches is placed in the gallery. Assuming that the preview bitmap is taken at 100dpi (I do not know the exact resolution being used), a 25x25 pixel bitmap is used for the preview. When the preview appears in the gallery, given that the object will likely be offered a 0.5x0.5 inch space, the preview will have a poor 50 dpi effective resolution. Imho, the preview bitmap in the gallery should be created with a fixed number of pixels on the x and y axis (e.g. 256), so that it always shows well when the gallery is opened. means that when the bitmap is shown in gallery, being given a fixed size, it is shown at different resolutions, Steps to Reproduce: See description Actual Results: See description Expected Results: See description Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: [Information automatically included from LibreOffice] Locale: en-US Module: DrawingDocument [Information guessed from browser] OS: Linux (All) OS is 64bit: yes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0
Hello Sergio, Could you please attach an image to reproduce this problem? It would be nice to have a screenshot showing how it looks as well...
Created attachment 142520 [details] Screenshot In the screenshot, there are 12 images stored in the gallery (electronic symbols). They are about 1.5 cm wide when imported in a drawing/presentation. From left to right, top to bottom: - images 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 were made with ancient versions of LibO. This is evident from the fact that the gallery thumbnail does not include the pattern for transparent background. - other images are made with modern LibO. Notice how in all images the resolution is too low. In fact, it is particularly bad for images 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 where the thumbnails are obtained by modern LibO. Vertical lines at the top, bottom of the MOS transistor symbol are almost invisible (look light gray) because of antialiasing.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 81593 ***
Note that the issue is not specific to svg files as in bug 81593. In my test case, the images are actually drawings made with LibO itself. The issue is actually related to the "pixel size" of the images and appears with any type of vector image.
(In reply to sergio.callegari from comment #4) > Note that the issue is not specific to svg files as in bug 81593. In my test > case, the images are actually drawings made with LibO itself. The issue is > actually related to the "pixel size" of the images and appears with any type > of vector image. Sure, I can change bug 81593