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Re: Hangin' around
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:17:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.announce, Willy Tschager wrote:
> > Hi folks,¬
> > ¬
> > have you ever heard of "El Capitan", "Matterhorn" or "Cerro Torre"? Ever
> > seen¬ Sly in "Cliffhanger" or Robin Tunney in "Vertical Limit? You're an
> > adrenaline¬ junkie or are at least heavily depending on fresh air? Then
> > check out my¬ latest wallpaper - a tribute to all freeclimbers among us.¬ ¬
> > <<http://www.holly-wood.it/images/w_cliffhanger-1280x1024.jpg>>¬ ¬
> > The hires renderings ready for download can be found in the wallpaper
> > section¬ at <http://www.holly-wood.it>.¬
> > ¬
> > Enjoy!¬
> > ¬
> > w.
> 
> Hi Willy,
> 
> I forgot to mention it in my first post but having to download a zip of your
> wallpaper is quite annoying for me. You aren't going to be compressing a png
> or jpeg image much anyway (might even get bigger) so could I suggest
> replacing the zips by the original images. Would make life much easy for
> visitors to your site.
> 
> Tim

hmm ... the renderings are in .bmp and the zipper reduces file size from say
3841 KB to 1629 KB. I could convert them to .png while .jpg is out of question
because of the artefacts. will take a bit though.

w.



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  Re: Hangin' around
 
(...) Hi Willy, I didn't realise you were using BMP format. If you don't already have a copy of (URL) ImageMagick convert> I can't recommend getting it enough. It is the most convenient conversion software ever if you use the command line and if (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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  Re: Hangin' around
 
(...) Hi Willy, I forgot to mention it in my first post but having to download a zip of your wallpaper is quite annoying for me. You aren't going to be compressing a png or jpeg image much anyway (might even get bigger) so could I suggest replacing (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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