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Subject: 
Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:07:08 GMT
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Jonathan Wilson wrote:

If brickshelf were to completely ban BMP files, that would be a good
start...

NO!

Imagine people putting up sticker scans, which you'd want as sharp as
possible for reprinting. Using JPEG and having them scaled would kill the
details there.

Why not educate the clueless user instead of killing features power users
might want or need?
--
Jan-Albert van Ree   | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/



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  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) I never said anything about scaling the image. For things like sticker scans or anything else where you don't want lossy compression, there are image formats like PNG. PNG can be used just fine for anything where you don't want to loose (...) (18 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)

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If brickshelf were to completely ban BMP files, that would be a good start... (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)

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