Is it possible to turn off zoom "blurring" effect in LV?

Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:48 am

Hi there,

When I isolate a small region on my image in the live viewer I sometimes like to zoom in so I can see it more easily so it's not such a strain for me to look at. However, zooming in results in a blurring/resampling of the image. This is expected at imperfect multiples but at 2x or 4x it would be ideal to not have any blurring effect and simply let 1 pixel become 4 pixels or 8 pixels etc so that I get a perfectly clean zoomed image. This is exactly how After Effects works when you want to speed up your work flow (lower resolution, zoom in, pixels don't blur). Please see attached image to demonstrate. Is this something that's somehow possible via some settings? Or if not, is it something you'd consider offering in a future version? Thanks!

Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:37 pm

Your request is particular to your specific needs. Not everybody is using it for that.

Tue Nov 16, 2021 7:43 am

Thanks for the reply aoktar. I just wanted to be sure it's not possible so I can move on. Thanks for your suggestions on discord and on here elsksa. They don't quite achieve what I was after. All good though.

I will leave this here as a bit of a feature request, though. I think it's a very useful suggestion everyone would benefit from. At perfect multiples like 2x or 4x or 8x the blurry resampling serves no purpose as I see it and simply distorts the image unnecessarily. I much prefer seeing the clean pixels when I'm zoomed in on a small region, especially for noise-related purposes.

Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:42 am

mind_patterns wrote:Thanks for the reply aoktar. I just wanted to be sure it's not possible so I can move on. Thanks for your suggestions on discord and on here elsksa. They don't quite achieve what I was after. All good though.

I will leave this here as a bit of a feature request, though. I think it's a very useful suggestion everyone would benefit from. At perfect multiples like 2x or 4x or 8x the blurry resampling serves no purpose as I see it and simply distorts the image unnecessarily. I much prefer seeing the clean pixels when I'm zoomed in on a small region, especially for noise-related purposes.

It's possible but needs to add a new option for that.