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- From: dpg@cs.nott.ac.uk (Dave `geek' Gymer)
- Subject: Re: Graphics for PGG (was Re: Getting AmiGuide to work?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.113045.6349@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Organization: Nottingham University
- References: <75n3jx@rpi.edu> <1k37ltINNdtu@emmental.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <kzp30am@rpi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 11:30:45 GMT
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- In article <kzp30am@rpi.edu> cleggp@aix.rpi.edu (Paul Jason Clegg) writes:
- >I looked at JPEG compression at one point, when my local BBSs at home thought
- >it was a cool idea. The only problem with it is that you lose resolution, and
- >the more space you save, the more resolution you lose.
-
- Well, yeah, but the `loss' is designed to be invisible to the human
- eye.
-
- The real problem with JPEGs, as pointed out by another poster, is the
- time it takes to decompress and display them.
-
- Perhaps compressed portable bitmaps or GIFs are the way to go after
- all.
-
- -- Dave
- --
- `Grave' Dave Gymer, 42 St Mary's Park, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0EF, England
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