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Re: Parts and their file formats
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lugnet.parts
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Wed, 4 May 2005 16:21:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Sonnich Jensen wrote:
[snipping to the heart of things]
> Are all files here PNG? If some are PNG and some are GIF it will make my life
> really funny.
All the parts images are PNG. I can't speak to the actual format of any other
image files on lugnet.
> Why are these files .gif if they should be PNG?
Because the compiled data for Partsref includes the image filenames.
Originally, these files were GIFs. But Partsref is out-of-date, the webpages
and search index are not being updated.
By general opinion, there is value in keeping the part-images updated, even if
the Partsref website isn't fixed. So Dan Boger set up a behind-the-scenes link
for Lugnet to use Peeron/LDraw parts images. Those images are stored in PNG
format.
The system lies and says the images are GIF so that the Partsref web pages won't
break.
Steve
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| Hi all! I started working with this and got a surprice. For the project below I intend to use: (URL) I picked (URL) for a test I downloaded the file and tried to view it - illegal gif file - a close view showed that the file is a PNG file not a GIF (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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