On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 01:43:05PM +0200, Lluís Batlle wrote: > 2006/4/27, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > i don't care much about gif, but JPG achieves the small file size by > > being lossy. for a test open up a JPG image in gimp or whatever > > editor and save it again, but increase the level to 100% (instead of > > the usual 85 or 90): > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 andrey andrey 1125261 Apr 27 00:28 IMG_3735-1.jpg > > -rw-r--r-- 1 andrey andrey 446941 Apr 26 17:18 IMG_3735.JPG > > > > (the images are otherwise unaltered) > > Keep on mind that jpeg with 100% quality is also lossy.
There's also lossless but informed formats. Less so for images because the often builtin major formats won't leave room for competition. Fair bit of info on JPEG (and more) can be found at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/ -- Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.
