hi all..

i've gotten my provider to install netpbm from cpanel and i have change the options in myablumP to use NETPBM. however, when i rebuild the thumbnails, they are still grainy and of the same quality as when i used GD.

i even updated the whole module system. anyone might wanna shed some light on this? btw i set the NETPBM path to "/usr/bin" is that righT?

many thanks in advance.

when i did config check everything looks fine:

Config Check
Pipe for images: NetPBM
Path: /usr/bin/
jpegtopnm: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
giftopnm: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
pngtopnm: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
pnmtojpeg: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
pnmtopng: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
ppmquant: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
ppmtogif: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
pnmscale: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok
pnmflip: Using libpbm from Netpbm Version: Netpbm 9.24 ok

Directory for Photos: /home/xtrm/public_html/uploads/photos ok

its been a while since i used myalbum, but i think there's an option in the module admin, to change the quality of thumbnails.. i maybe wrong tho..

I had to do this myself as well and had the same problem as you.

Firstly, you need to empty your templates_c folder for one thing. If that doesn't work, in the 'Rebuild Thumbnails' section of the module there is an option to force re-creation of a thumb even if it exists. This should ensure it overwrites the old one. Do that, then empty the templates_c folder again and you should be OK.

Ah yes, finally it worked! However for me, i had to change "Calc rule for building thumbnails" to Specific Square Size as well. But all is good now. Many thanks to the both of you!!!