mike & Felix thanks for responding -
i was confused when explaining my situation in the original post. however my image output issue is still the same.
images look force re-sized. in other words they are looking a bit gritty like photo clarity has been compromised.
thanks for being patient with this post. below shows how the Options.as and actual images are being managed.
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OPTIONS
//General
fixedLayout:Boolean = true;
useSmoothing:Boolean = false;
//Main Image
enableImageDownScaling:Boolean = true;
//Fixed Layout Positions
imageAreaWidth:Number = 358;
imageAreaHeight:Number = 270;
//XML Options Overrides
maxImageWidth:Number = null;
maxImageHeight:Number = null;
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ACTUAL IMAGES
actual images are larger than the 358x270 i have specified. they are of varying sizes (all larger than 358x270). i understand that if images are optimized to meet layout dimensions quality would clear up. just wondering if SV had a way of dynamically down sizing images on the fly and i was missing the setting(s).
fyi i am using picasa web albums to manage my images and PicasaViewer for SimpleViewer.
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feel like im pushing some boundaries here. SimpleViewer capabilities have surprised me more than once so just giving this a shot. have i done all i can to ensure optimal photo regeneration under my circumstances?
thanks for your time,
P -