From ecdc1ece83411d93e253a9c1a8db204c25ecca06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wesley Stout Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:24:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] changes to reflect slow loading previews of JPG images --- manual/source/themes.rst | 4 +++- manual/source/troubleshooting.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/manual/source/themes.rst b/manual/source/themes.rst index 8dd4175..a8a9e92 100644 --- a/manual/source/themes.rst +++ b/manual/source/themes.rst @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ type: Solid Color, Gradient, or Image. **Image:** You have the ability to use an image for your background. OpenLP accepts a - variety of image types. + variety of image types. JPG is the most common format of images but can + cause previews to be slow. If you experience this you may want to convert + your image to PNG as it previews quicker than other formats. .. image:: /pics/theme_manager_image.png diff --git a/manual/source/troubleshooting.rst b/manual/source/troubleshooting.rst index 08fff3f..63428e1 100644 --- a/manual/source/troubleshooting.rst +++ b/manual/source/troubleshooting.rst @@ -201,5 +201,13 @@ OpenLP is not displaying correctly, or is not on the correct screen Please read the documentation on :ref:`dualmonitors`. It is very important to have dual monitors setup properly for OpenLP to function as expected. +Previews are slow to load when using a theme with an image background +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +If you are using a JPG formatted image for your background try converting it +to another format. There is a notable performance difference between JPG and +a format such as PNG. Other formats wrok in OpenLP but PNG is the preferred +image format and yields the best performance. +