# Uploading image makes it black (not darker!)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Abril 2, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115 "2015-04-02T13:49:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [Abril 3, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-image-makes-it-black-not-darker/27115/14 "2015-04-03T23:51:54Z")

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I did a new image and dark handling seems way better eg:

Same avatar, same user … one is old algorithm and one new.

[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user\_avatar/meta.discourse.org/caffeine/45/17828.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/caffeine/45/17828.png)

[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user\_avatar/meta.discourse.org/caffeine/46/17828.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/caffeine/46/17828.png)

To get latest image and update:

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
git pull
./launcher rebuild app
./launcher enter app
rake avatars:clean

```

@zogstrip this raises a big challenge for us we kind of want to update all optimised images everywhere we host and flush cdn.

Thanks heaps @elberet

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