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Re: Picture file sizes
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lugnet.publish
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Sun, 18 Oct 1998 03:29:52 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 19:18:53 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
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> Terry K <legoverse@geocities.com> wrote:
> > Nah, not even then. If the picture is something you want people to
> > see, you should not subject them to a huge file. It's just not
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> It's not a matter of "subjecting to", it's a matter of "offering the option
> of".
True enough. Options are good.
> > necessary to have really large jpg file sizes. Show me a 640x480 200K
> > jpg file, and I bet you it could be reduced down to less than 50K and
> > still keep virtually the same apparent quality.
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> In a lot of cases, probably. But I think you're over-generalizing --
> consider for example the images at
> <http://www.legomindstorms.com/press/order.html>, which are designed for
> transfer to another medium. In that case, it's quite reasonable to provide
> larger, higher-quality images. And I'm sure there's other cases.
Sure, exceptions do exist. For instance, I've been considering adding
optional PNG format files in addition to the JPG files for some of the
renderings I publish. Why? Because that way the viewer can view the
picture online at low bandwidth and have the option of getting a high
quality version suitable for conversion to BMP for wallpaper.
PNG does not produce file sizes as small as JPG, but it reduces files
pretty well and is a lossless compression, so it looks great.
So the visitor is given the choice to download a larger file, but is
not forced to wait an interminable period just to see it.
I know I grind my teeth waiting to see a 320x200 JPG that turns out to
be 300K in size.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) It's not a matter of "subjecting to", it's a matter of "offering the option of". (...) In a lot of cases, probably. But I think you're over-generalizing -- consider for example the images at (URL), which are designed for transfer to another (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.publish)
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