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Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.
Date 2014-11-28 09:31 -0700
Message-ID <D09DF18D.41F31%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References (11 earlier) <m583mq$n58$1@dont-email.me> <5477e84e$0$55989$b1db1813$46decd27@news.astraweb.com> <m58s2c$vhd$1@dont-email.me> <D09D4343.41EF9%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <m59uud$8gh$1@dont-email.me>

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On 11/28/14, 6:56 AM, in article m59uud$8gh$1@dont-email.me, "Slimer"
<slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:

> On 27/11/2014 11:08 PM, Snit wrote:
>> On 11/27/14, 9:01 PM, in article m58s2c$vhd$1@dont-email.me, "Slimer"
>> <slvrslmr@lv.c> wrote:
>> 
>>>> But there is work on an extension:
>>>> 
>>>>      http://sourceforge.net/projects/apngasm/?source=directory
>>> 
>>> Good to know, thanks for that. I've already determined that PNG is my
>>> format of choice if ever I do graphics work and I'd love to see it at
>>> least be an option on both cell phones and digital cameras as the
>>> default save format (unless it already is). However, since I take few
>>> photographs and don't do much in digital imaging work, what I decide is
>>> inconsequential.
>> 
>> JPG works fine for most photographs... but for line art or text it is
>> generally not the best choice. If cameras saved to PNG you would have larger
>> file sizes with little added benefit.
> 
> I really never liked JPG. Even back in the day when I did pixel art, I
> never understood why the JPG files looked worse than my original
> production. At the time, I wasn't even aware of lossy compression (I was
> 13 or 14). Now, it seems that the format is entirely obsolete and should
> _never_ be the default save format for a digital camera or a digital
> editing suite. But hey, the best format rarely wins.

It works well with most photos - assuming you have a fairly high quality.
Even then the compression can be considerably more than with PNG, so for
that reason it still has value.

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Ad Nauseum vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-25 10:58 -0800
  Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 12:19 -0700
  Re: Ad Nauseum vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-25 11:24 -0800
    Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 13:14 -0700
    Re: Ad Nauseum Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-25 19:43 -0500
      Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 18:48 -0700
      Re: Ad Nauseum chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-11-26 07:26 -0600
        Re: Ad Nauseum Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-26 10:59 -0500
        Re: Ad Nauseum DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-28 09:04 -0500
      Re: Ad Nauseum DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-26 20:56 -0500
    I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 13:51 -0800
      Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-26 14:19 -0800
        I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 14:44 -0800
          Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 15:53 -0700
            Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 15:01 -0800
              Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 15:34 -0800
              Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 16:44 -0700
                Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 17:08 -0800
                Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 18:35 -0700
                Re: Zooming "the entire screen" ?  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 19:06 -0700
                I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-26 23:49 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 09:10 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 11:33 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 09:50 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 15:51 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2014-11-27 22:05 +0100
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 17:11 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 14:22 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-27 17:11 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 20:38 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-27 19:13 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 20:38 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 19:49 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-27 23:01 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 21:08 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-28 08:56 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-28 09:31 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2014-11-29 13:36 -0600
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-29 12:48 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-29 11:59 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-29 15:14 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-29 13:28 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 14:11 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 09:06 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. WaRmNfUzZy <warmnfuzzi@muzzimail.net> - 2014-11-27 12:09 -0500
                StatCounter doesn't work, sorry.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-27 14:53 -0800
                Re: StatCounter doesn't work, sorry.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 16:47 -0700
                Re: StatCounter doesn't work, sorry. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 16:54 -0800
                The font size that OSX uses.  Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2014-11-27 17:14 -0800
                Re: The font size that OSX uses.  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 18:29 -0700
                Re: The font size that OSX uses. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 19:33 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 08:14 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. WaRmNfUzZy <warmnfuzzi@muzzimail.net> - 2014-11-27 11:17 -0500
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. tmelmosfire <tmelmosfire@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 10:29 -0800
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-27 14:11 -0700
                Re: I should post -only- .PNG screenshots. Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 14:24 -0800
          Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-26 15:14 -0800
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 15:36 -0800
              Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2014-11-26 15:43 -0800
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 16:57 -0700
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 19:29 -0500
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 17:35 -0700
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 16:45 -0800
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 20:39 -0500
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 18:48 -0700
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-28 08:52 -0500
                Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-28 09:11 -0500
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 17:39 -0700
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-11-26 20:55 -0500
            Re: I just want the image, not tons of HTML crap. Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2014-11-27 12:57 -0600
  Re: Ad Nauseum Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2014-11-25 19:42 -0500
    Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-25 18:45 -0700
    Re: Ad Nauseum Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 13:24 -0500
  Re: Ad Nauseum Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 11:29 -0500
    Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 09:41 -0700
      Re: Ad Nauseum Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-11-26 13:41 -0500
        Re: Ad Nauseum Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-11-26 12:09 -0700
        Re: Ad Nauseum Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-11-26 11:20 -0800

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