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I don't know if this is common knowledge or not ... I know I found it the hard way: jpeg does not necessarily mean "lossy" compression. You can (with a conversion program, I use Firehand Ember), convert from .xxx to .jpg without loosing information. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) jpg is fine if you're satisfied with the image. But if you plan on editing the image you'll need to remember that if you keep saving it at 95% then it is shoved through that lossy process every single time. (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Starting with a 256-color image probably won't give you the best comparision. If you've got a 24-bit image 'lying around', try your tests on that one. There's also a variation of JPEG, called (in Paint Shop Pro) "progressive encoding". Does (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) amount (...) Yup. It also has a good range of filters to improve an image. Of course, Photoshop, like most applications has to be set to always save at 100% to avoid image degradation in a jpg. Photoshop does a pretty good job of compensating (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) It depends on the imaging application and how much of the image you tweak. For example, if you go in and remove a spot with Adobe Photoshop, it's smart enough only to alter that part of the image. (So I've heard.) --Todd (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Isn't that the kind of JPG that you can put on the web and have it load a bit at a time (bad description) ? (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) the (...) amount (...) advantage (...) smart (...) That's been my experience, I've not noticed any "increasing" degradation after editing a picture several times. ----- Mike Faunce - mfaunce@earthlink.net (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) I've been facing some jpgs throughout the web which like the old "interlaced" gifs, (showing up on the page as a whole but very coarse image at the time of opening the page, and improves itself as d/l continue). I've also heard or read (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish)
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