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Why Can a Style Thumbnail Look Different from the Final Page?
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Compare a style thumbnail with the finished page in a reproducible test.
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Why can a style thumbnail look different from your final coloring page? The thumbnail is a small preview, and the finished result uses a larger working image. Compare the completed page before printing, especially when fine lines matter.
With an uploaded photo, each style thumbnail is 160 by 96 pixels. The final processing path uses a working image with its longest edge no greater than 2600 pixels. The same algorithm is called for the preview and the final image. Without an uploaded photo, the style choices display static baseball examples.
We tested one 1200 by 800 synthetic geometric image in headless Chrome using Clean Outline. Four closely spaced lines at the bottom merged into one thick shape in the thumbnail, while the downloaded page showed four distinguishable lines. The broad outline, circle and triangle appeared in both. This was one synthetic image, not a photograph.
That test used a 1200 by 800 working image and produced a 3508 by 2480 pixel A4 landscape PNG. We did not test a physical print. Upload your own photo, choose a style, select Make, and inspect the finished page. If small details matter, consider printing one test copy first.