Images darker when added to slideshow

I've recently noticed that photos added to a new slideshow appear — within the slideshow interface and when exported — much, much darker than the original photo. It's as iff the black point for the image has been cranked way up and virtually all detail in the shadows goes to black.
It's been a while since I worked within the slideshow interface of Aperture, so perhaps some small detail of slideshows is eluding me. Has anyone else noticed this kind of behavior and is there an easy solution?
Thanks!

tnx for the info Test Screen Name,
You were right about the resolution, the smaller pic had 300dpi while the bigger one have a resolution of 96dpi,
Why i didn't tough of that
This explains why one of the image is 3x bigger than the others.
I'm not sure why paint switch the resolution like that.
Now i know to work with image in inch / mm
Thanks again for you help, you saved me alot of time trying to figure that one out.
Yan

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Op 26 dec. 2014, om 00:50 heeft MediaGraphics <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:
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            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
                modelToView[modelIndex(i)] = i;
        return modelToView;
    // TableModel interface methods
    public int getRowCount()
        return (tableModel == null) ? 0 : tableModel.getRowCount();
    public int getColumnCount()
        return (tableModel == null) ? 0 : tableModel.getColumnCount();
    public String getColumnName(int column)
        return tableModel.getColumnName(column);
    public Class getColumnClass(int column)
        return tableModel.getColumnClass(column);
    public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column)
        return tableModel.isCellEditable(modelIndex(row), column);
    public Object getValueAt(int row, int column)
        return tableModel.getValueAt(modelIndex(row), column);
    public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int column)
        tableModel.setValueAt(aValue, modelIndex(row), column);
    // Helper classes
    private class Row implements Comparable
        private int modelIndex;
        public Row(int index)
            this.modelIndex = index;
        public int compareTo(Object o)
            int row1 = modelIndex;
            int row2 = ((Row) o).modelIndex;
            for (Iterator it = sortingColumns.iterator(); it.hasNext();)
                Directive directive = (Directive) it.next();
                int column = directive.column;
                Object o1 = tableModel.getValueAt(row1, column);
                Object o2 = tableModel.getValueAt(row2, column);
                int comparison = 0;
                // Define null less than everything, except null.
                if (o1 == null && o2 == null)
                    comparison = 0;
                } else if (o1 == null)
                    comparison = -1;
                } else if (o2 == null)
                    comparison = 1;
                } else {
                    comparison = getComparator(column).compare(o1, o2);
                if (comparison != 0)
                    return directive.direction == DESCENDING ? -comparison : comparison;
            return 0;
    private class TableModelHandler implements TableModelListener
        public void tableChanged(TableModelEvent e)
            // If we're not sorting by anything, just pass the event along.
            if (!isSorting())
                clearSortingState();
                fireTableChanged(e);
                return;
            // If the table structure has changed, cancel the sorting; the
            // sorting columns may have been either moved or deleted from
            // the model.
            if (e.getFirstRow() == TableModelEvent.HEADER_ROW)
                cancelSorting();
                fireTableChanged(e);
                return;
            // We can map a cell event through to the view without widening
            // when the following conditions apply:
            // a) all the changes are on one row (e.getFirstRow() == e.getLastRow()) and,
            // b) all the changes are in one column (column != TableModelEvent.ALL_COLUMNS) and,
            // c) we are not sorting on that column (getSortingStatus(column) == NOT_SORTED) and,
            // d) a reverse lookup will not trigger a sort (modelToView != null)
            // Note: INSERT and DELETE events fail this test as they have column == ALL_COLUMNS.
            // The last check, for (modelToView != null) is to see if modelToView
            // is already allocated. If we don't do this check; sorting can become
            // a performance bottleneck for applications where cells
            // change rapidly in different parts of the table. If cells
            // change alternately in the sorting column and then outside of
            // it this class can end up re-sorting on alternate cell updates -
            // which can be a performance problem for large tables. The last
            // clause avoids this problem.
            int column = e.getColumn();
            if (e.getFirstRow() == e.getLastRow()
                    && column != TableModelEvent.ALL_COLUMNS
                    && getSortingStatus(column) == NOT_SORTED
                    && modelToView != null)
                int viewIndex = getModelToView()[e.getFirstRow()];
                fireTableChanged(new TableModelEvent(TableSorter.this,
                                                     viewIndex, viewIndex,
                                                     column, e.getType()));
                return;
            // Something has happened to the data that may have invalidated the row order.
            clearSortingState();
            fireTableDataChanged();
            return;
    private class MouseHandler extends MouseAdapter
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
            JTableHeader h = (JTableHeader) e.getSource();
            TableColumnModel columnModel = h.getColumnModel();
            int viewColumn = columnModel.getColumnIndexAtX(e.getX());
            int column = columnModel.getColumn(viewColumn).getModelIndex();
            if (column != -1)
                int status = getSortingStatus(column);
                if (!e.isControlDown())
                    cancelSorting();
                // Cycle the sorting states through {NOT_SORTED, ASCENDING, DESCENDING} or
                // {NOT_SORTED, DESCENDING, ASCENDING} depending on whether shift is pressed.
                status = status + (e.isShiftDown() ? -1 : 1);
                status = (status + 4) % 3 - 1; // signed mod, returning {-1, 0, 1}
                setSortingStatus(column, status);
    private static class Arrow implements Icon
        private boolean descending;
        private int size;
        private int priority;
        public Arrow(boolean descending, int size, int priority)
            this.descending = descending;
            this.size = size;
            this.priority = priority;
        public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y)
            Color color = c == null ? Color.GRAY : c.getBackground();
            // In a compound sort, make each succesive triangle 20%
            // smaller than the previous one.
            int dx = (int)(size/2*Math.pow(0.8, priority));
            int dy = descending ? dx : -dx;
            // Align icon (roughly) with font baseline.
            y = y + 5*size/6 + (descending ? -dy : 0);
            int shift = descending ? 1 : -1;
            g.translate(x, y);
            // Right diagonal.
            g.setColor(color.darker());
            g.drawLine(dx / 2, dy, 0, 0);
            g.drawLine(dx / 2, dy + shift, 0, shift);
            // Left diagonal.
            g.setColor(color.brighter());
            g.drawLine(dx / 2, dy, dx, 0);
            g.drawLine(dx / 2, dy + shift, dx, shift);
            // Horizontal line.
            if (descending) {
                g.setColor(color.darker().darker());
            } else {
                g.setColor(color.brighter().brighter());
            g.drawLine(dx, 0, 0, 0);
            g.setColor(color);
            g.translate(-x, -y);
        public int getIconWidth()
            return size;
        public int getIconHeight()
            return size;
    private class SortableHeaderRenderer implements TableCellRenderer
        private TableCellRenderer tableCellRenderer;
        public SortableHeaderRenderer(TableCellRenderer tableCellRenderer)
            this.tableCellRenderer = tableCellRenderer;
        public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table,
                                                       Object value,
                                                       boolean isSelected,
                                                       boolean hasFocus,
                                                       int row,
                                                       int column)
            Component c = tableCellRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(table,
                    value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column);
            if (c instanceof JLabel) {
                JLabel l = (JLabel) c;
                l.setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.LEFT);
                int modelColumn = table.convertColumnIndexToModel(column);
                l.setIcon(getHeaderRendererIcon(modelColumn, l.getFont().getSize()));
            return c;
    private static class Directive
        private int column;
        private int direction;
        public Directive(int column, int direction)
            this.column = column;
            this.direction = direction;
}any input will be appreciated.
thanks
Peter

The code you posted doesn't help us at all. Its just a duplicate of the code from the tutorial. The custom code is what you have written. For example do you update the TableModel from the Event Thread? Do you update the SortModel or the DefaultTableModel? If you actually provide your test code and somebody has already downloaded the sort classes, then maybe they will test your code against the classes. But I doubt if people will download the sort classes and create a test program just to see if they can duplicate your results (at least I know I'm not about to).

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