Why are posted images small, distorted, irregular now?
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Starting yesterday afternoon the images took on new shapes. The photos are distorted in many cases making circles into ovals and squares into rectangles. At first I thought it was just me but it is being discussed in the Dan Carr thread.
Any ideas what is causing this? Viewing the photos is no longer possible.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
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An example
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Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
They look fine to me.
Interesting. On my screen the top slab shot becomes a square by distorting the image. The second one is very small compared to the past but not distorted.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Try going to your browser's tool kit and "clear recent history" / "Temporary Cached Files".
Then refresh the page. That sometimes works for me.
PS:
All the images in this thread appear normal to me. I am using FireFox.
Thanks @dcarr
I cleared all history and the images are still distorted or reduced to a small size. Maybe it is a problem with Google and the site.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
I'm having the same problem with distorted images and it's only with the CU-PCGS web sites. All other web sites work fine so the problem is here and not with my computer.
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Same here on the distortion (nothing new at times but just the same....)
I agree @PerryHall It is a PCGS Forum thing
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Pictures are distorted for me also.
Normal on iPad IOS.
Maybe that will help them narrow down the issue. It is site specific.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Well THAT’’S going to make the GTG posts tougher 😂
Yes. My guesses will be "Details, elongated" for almost all of them.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Yeah... my recent purchase was NOT a train-track piece! lol!!
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The message boards were down for a little while and when they came back, the images were distorted. I've been wondering what happened myself.
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
Hello everyone. We noticed this issue yesterday afternoon and have already contacted our forum support services. We are actively working to get the issue resolved.
Abby Zechman
PCGS Education Coordinator
Thanks @pcgs_education I appreciate all that you do for this hobby.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
They were elves once.....
Now on my browser that test pattern is squashed top to bottom.
Let me go clear my browser and see if that makes any difference.
Edited to add: Cleared my browser and restarted my computer. The circle on that test pattern is still squashed top towards bottom.
It looks as if the images have been optimized, I assume to load images faster. This should have been tested before rolled out to prod. Instead of setting both the height and width, they should only set the width, this way the images keep their original aspect ratio.
One of my images. If you right click and click Open Image in new tab you can see the new format.
https://us.v-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/quality=100,format=auto,height=600,width=600/6027503/uploads/editor/qj/hzg8eglzbtmi.pngAll normal on iPad and iPhone IOS using Safari. Normal with iMac using Safari and Firefox.
- Bob -
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Central Valley Roosevelts
Test pic looks ok.
If it helps, it looks normal in Firefox, but with Chrome it looks small and hard to see.
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Edge seems to allow these glitches far more so than firefox or safari, so some say. Thank you PCGS for your rapid response.
Jim
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i bet you use safari web browser because it doesn't happen. (same with firefox). this is a chrome issue.
You might try a few more system reboots. If that doesn't work try resetting all your settings or better yet run a couple of system restores and get back to us with the results! Good luck! Leo
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2 different browsers
2 different results
Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge same small pictures.
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My phone shows this just fine but it is still squashed on my PC.
shoot
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Strange - "Google" is distorted and "Firefox" is fine.
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"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
thats like the recoil in my extended mag pm-56
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Back to normal. Nice to have it done before the weekend.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Boy that test pattern brings back some memories…lol
seems fixed