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Re: Scans of My Own Train Stickers Wanted
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:03:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Matthew Gerber writes:
> File Issues:
> • EPS is the best file format to use for everything, since extra data about
> the file (especially advanced color info) is stored right within the file.
> TIFF (and the lesser formats) are re-interpreted every time they are opened,
> differently depending on which program they are opened with, and will be
> slightly different each time. The only caveat to this is that most home
> ink-jet printers will not print EPS files (which are handled by PostScript
> printers) and then TIFF is the best option (unless printing our of
> Illustrator to an ink-jet, where Illustrator handles the file raster in
> software and delivers a good print regardless).
Why is EPS a good choice for images? I thought it was a bit chatty?
I had always assumed that BMP was the best format if image size was no
object because it's lossless (although bloated sizewise). But it just uses
256 (or 16M or whatever) colors. Are you saying that EPS has pantone
encoding of the colors? That would be cool. Is it lossy or lossless image
compression?
Of course Lego sticker colors are presumably not as hard to reproduce
correctly as some things (bright primary fully saturated colors and sharp
edge definitions ought to make things easy, right?).
Note that this reply, being in .geek is focused(1) only on the image stuff.
1 - if you'll excuse the expression
++Lar
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