From 7e104ba414baa9ebf6519d6039de7f16b26ea66f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank <91616163+softhack007@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 21:29:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] UX improvement: don't blur GIF images by default

solves a problem when activating images from PixelForge: in case users had "don't load defaults" set, images were always loaded with a strong blur.
---
 wled00/json.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wled00/json.cpp b/wled00/json.cpp
index 542a3b62..3b647998 100644
--- a/wled00/json.cpp
+++ b/wled00/json.cpp
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@ bool deserializeSegment(JsonObject elem, byte it, byte presetId)
   // end fix
   if (getVal(elem["fx"], &fx, 0, last)) { //load effect ('r' random, '~' inc/dec, 0-255 exact value, 5~10r pick random between 5 & 10)
     if (!presetId && currentPlaylist>=0) unloadPlaylist();
-    if (fx != seg.mode) seg.setMode(fx, elem[F("fxdef")], elem[F("fxdef2")]); // WLEDMM fxdef2 added
+    bool doLoadDefault = elem[F("fxdef")] == true;
+    if (fx == FX_MODE_IMAGE) doLoadDefault = true;        // WLEDMM quick fix: when called from PixelForge, images were always shown with blur
+    if (fx == FX_MODE_2DSCROLLTEXT) doLoadDefault = true; //        same hack for scrolling text 
+    if (fx != seg.mode) seg.setMode(fx, doLoadDefault, elem[F("fxdef2")]); // WLEDMM fxdef2 added
   }
 
   //getVal also supports inc/decrementing and random