---
title: "Overview"
canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/518507f2-e7e6-11e6-87ac-6e61028599f7
short_url: https://dpg.support/areo
category: "Images > Image versions"
locale: en
updated_at: 2017-11-17T19:20:45Z
source: Digital Photo Gallery Support
---

# Overview

![](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/f4d8315e-e7e6-11e6-8291-8e12dd763e7d/534_support.jpg?generated=20170131185705)

Image profiles or 'versions' are an important part of DPG. A full set of image versions is generated automatically when you create a website. If you want exact control over the way that your images are displayed, you can you can optionally edit these image profiles to get the result that you want. 

> ⚠️ **Warning:** When updating image versions for a website, most sites will contain profiles in sets of two - one for retina screens (@2x) and one for non-retina screens. Make sure that any relevant changes are reflected in both profiles.

### Unsharp mask

Enables use of sharpening options below. If switched off no sharpening will be used.

### Sharpening

![Sharpening 0.1](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/4429f0d6-e7fa-11e6-8466-8e12dd763e7d/537_support.jpg?generated=20170131211537)

![Sharpening 1.0](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/6bc50914-e7fa-11e6-bce1-8e12dd763e7d/538_support.jpg?generated=20170131211633)

The above tool shows you the two extremes of the sharpening settings, you can adjust to find the one that works best for your images.

### Progressive

![](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/92c64a32-e7ff-11e6-ba98-8e12dd763e7d/539_support.jpg?generated=20170131215240)

When the progressive option is enabled JPEG images will load in stages, which may make them appear to load faster on slow connections.

### Write metadata

The **Write metadata** option allows you to encode [metadata](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/04e04d18-ab85-11e2-9666-b8f6b11825bb) into the image version.