Home Messages Index
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index

Re: most efficient graphic format ?

  • Subject: Re: most efficient graphic format ?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com>
  • Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:11:57 +0100
  • Newsgroups: alt.html
  • References: <42a39a37@usenet01.boi.hp.com> <d81r4m$b2e$1@news3.zwoll1.ov.home.nl> <Yb6pe.5639$U4.799486@news.xtra.co.nz> <BECB2FE7.1254C%dorayme@optusnet.com.au>
  • User-agent: KNode/0.7.2
dorayme wrote:

>> From: "Nik Coughin" <nrkn!no-spam!@woosh.co.nz>
> 
>>>> GIF or JPEG or PNG or ...
>>>> 
>>>> example would be highly appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> roughly.... drawings in gif, photos in jpg
>>> 
>>> Hans
>> 
>> Png averages 20% better compression than gif.
>> 
>>
> 
> But, I understand, not as well supported as gif across all the browsers.
> Just a point to the OP that may not have been made, the advice above by
> Hans is good but in addition gifs can be good where there are simple
> restricted palette colours too, no tonal range.
> 
> dorayme

Has nobody mentioned legal issues with GIF format yet? I don't know if it's
Unisys, but somebody used to have some ownership. It's like MP3 versus OGG
Vorbis.

Roy

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index