Problem with some images in Calibre

dk11 · 06-04-2016, 10:07 AM

For the past several months, certain images in Calibre look too stretched and "zoomed in". This does not affect any of the icons, only images in certain places such as the warning that pops up if you want to delete a book. I have attached some screenshots to better show what is going on. This happens even if I change the icon theme. I am using the most recent version of Calibre (2.58) on a Mac running OS El Capitan. Does anyone else have this issue?

theducks · 06-04-2016, 11:35 AM

The third image <warning> is not a Calibre Image, but a system/QT standard dialog

BetterRed · 06-04-2016, 05:37 PM

The third image looks like a corner of the calibre component 'dialogue_warning.png'

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Are you sure it's been happening for months? I wondered if it could be an MacOSX specific side-effect of the the recent deprecation of image-magik in favour of QtImage in calibre version 2.57.1. Maybe IOS version of Qtimage has a bug in resizing images. You could try reinstalling version 2.56. I say IOS specific because it's not happening on Windows.

Do you have any override images? In main GUI program (library manager) go to Preferences->Miscellaneous and click Open configuration directory in Finder and have a look in the /resources/images sub directory.

BR

dwig · 06-04-2016, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

... I wondered if it could be an IOS specific side-effect of the the recent deprecation of image-magik in favour of QtImage in calibre version 2.57.1. ...

That would be "MacOSX" rather tha "IOS", but I agree that is could very well be an issue descending from the changes made related to the omission of image-magik. The recent releases of the MacOSX have new routines for scaling screen entities related to the now wide range of pixel densities brought on by the "Retina" screens.

BetterRed · 06-04-2016, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dwig

That would me "MacOSX" rather tha "IOS". . .

Corrected

Actually you're dwig, if you called yourself MacOSX then Cupertino would likely take thee t' yon cleaner's

MR

dwig · 06-04-2016, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

Corrected

Actually you're dwig, if you called yourself MacOSX then Cupertino would likely take thee t' yon cleaner's

MR

Yes, I'm dwig (one who doesn't type well for various reasons...) and not the former smiling blue guy (some mountain chain or something now) known as MacOSX.

kovidgoyal · 06-04-2016, 11:05 PM

I dont see that on my OS X 10.11.5 machine running calibre 2.58 -- unfortunately not being a mac guy, I have no good advice on how to hunt down the cause, but I would suspect some kind of accessibility/DPI scaling software/setting.

loximuthal · 06-05-2016, 07:50 AM

FWIW, I'm also running OSX 10.11.5, and did not see this issue on calibre 2.57.1. Just downloaded 2.58 this morning, and it still displays the icons as expected.

06-04-2016, 10:07 AM	#1
dk11 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: Kindle Voyage	Problem with some images in Calibre For the past several months, certain images in Calibre look too stretched and "zoomed in". This does not affect any of the icons, only images in certain places such as the warning that pops up if you want to delete a book. I have attached some screenshots to better show what is going on. This happens even if I change the icon theme. I am using the most recent version of Calibre (2.58) on a Mac running OS El Capitan. Does anyone else have this issue? Attached Thumbnails

06-04-2016, 05:37 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,740 Karma: 30237526 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	The third image looks like a corner of the calibre component 'dialogue_warning.png' Are you sure it's been happening for months? I wondered if it could be an MacOSX specific side-effect of the the recent deprecation of image-magik in favour of QtImage in calibre version 2.57.1. Maybe IOS version of Qtimage has a bug in resizing images. You could try reinstalling version 2.56. I say IOS specific because it's not happening on Windows. Do you have any override images? In main GUI program (library manager) go to Preferences->Miscellaneous and click Open configuration directory in Finder and have a look in the /resources/images sub directory. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 06-04-2016 at 05:59 PM. Reason: see next post - OSX not IOS

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,076 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The third image <warning> is not a Calibre Image, but a system/QT standard dialog

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,373 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont see that on my OS X 10.11.5 machine running calibre 2.58 -- unfortunately not being a mac guy, I have no good advice on how to hunt down the cause, but I would suspect some kind of accessibility/DPI scaling software/setting.

06-05-2016, 07:50 AM	#8
loximuthal Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 86158 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Maryland Device: NST, Kindle Fire, iPad2	FWIW, I'm also running OSX 10.11.5, and did not see this issue on calibre 2.57.1. Just downloaded 2.58 this morning, and it still displays the icons as expected.