{"id":173301,"date":"2010-12-13T21:28:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T05:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=173301"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:07:14","slug":"adjusting-image-raster-display-quality-in-arcscene","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/3d-gis\/adjusting-image-raster-display-quality-in-arcscene","title":{"rendered":"Adjusting image \/ raster display quality in ArcScene"},"author":3691,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,22931],"tags":[24991,29891,23011,38271],"industry":[],"product":[36991],"class_list":["post-173301","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-imagery","tag-3d-analyst","tag-arcscene","tag-raster","tag-resolution","product-arcgis-desktop"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcScene automatically reduces all imagery resolution because ArcScene is memory-based and if your image is large","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>One question we hear a lot is \u201cwhy does my high-resolution aerial imagery get downscaled when I add it into ArcScene?\u201d\u00a0 The answer is that ArcScene automatically reduces all imagery resolution because ArcScene is memory-based and if your image is large (and exceeds available memory), ArcScene can become unresponsive. Think of the automatic downscaling as a self-defense mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_21776.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_21776.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, while you can\u2019t change the default resolution of the imagery\u00a0<i>as it\u2019s added<\/i>\u00a0into ArcScene, you can adjust the image resolution using a quality control slider\u00a0<i>after<\/i>\u00a0it\u2019s in your document.\u00a0 The quality slider is on the raster layer\u2019s\u00a0<b>Layer Properties<\/b>\u00a0dialog, under the\u00a0<b>Rendering<\/b>\u00a0tab, and is titled \u201cQuality enhancement for raster images\u201d. Move it one step to the right and click OK. The image should improve. Navigate around and, if you\u2019re still happy with performance, try another notch up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_21777.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_21777.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you reach ArcScene\u2019s performance limit and the image quality STILL isn\u2019t good enough for your needs, then you will need to clip out a new,\u00a0<b>raster image<\/b>\u00a0for your area of interest, and then repeat the process of finding the most appropriate display quality on the slider. You can also\u00a0keep the larger, full extent image in the Scene document (with a\u00a0lower resolution) for general background, if needed to provide context.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_21778.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/downloads2.esri.com\/blogs\/images\/dev_21778.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trick is to adjust the slider one step at a time, until you find the optimum \u201cdisplay vs performance\u201d setting that you are after for this particular doc.\u00a0This value is hard to predict because it is also reliant upon what other layers are inside your ArcScene view. 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