[waxjar]

I don't really see why I would use something like this. Just eye candy?

With the exception of the 4th picture, they all come out worse. The last image (of the boat) suffers in particular. If you're considering using this plugin, I'd first consider precomputing it with an application like Photoshop. Seems a lot easier (no fiddling with jQuery settings) and I think you would end up with a picture of higher quality.

*I didn't mean to sound so negative. It's a good attempt; it obviously works.

[andybak]

Can you clarify what you mean by 'worse'? The clipping, over-saturation and other 'defects' are all intentional aspects of this kind of process.

Or do you mean something else?

[waxjar]

I'm familiar with the processes. I get what the writer of the plugin is going for. I just think it would look better if the effects were applied with an image editor like Photoshop.

[polshaw]

This only requires one image, improving speed, reducing bandwidth etc. And you don't have to 'precomupte' anything.

[mitgux]

As I say, this plugin bring some images functions to the web, no need to PS :)