JL> I'm not aware of graphics and it's specific pro's and con's, since adobe JL> support .jpb for webgraphics i thought i didn't matter that much JL> PNG tends to be rather 'heavy' for a website to use, No ?
Generally JPEG good for gradient images. For example photos. This is becaouse of JPEG's image compression algorithms. GIF is better suited for images which have small details, sharp edges between areas. This is why it usually better to use GIF instead JPEG for web graphics. Web graphics usally doesn't contain gradient and contains a lot of small details, letter, etc. PNG is quite simular to GIF so it also good for web graphics. This format contains number of improvements like support for 24 color and some others I don't remeber now. Also it is free while GIF is not. So PNG is good for web graphics too. The only problem with PNG I know is that Netscape 4.xx doesn't support transparent PNG's. Also I'm not sure if PNG supports animation. JL> It's possible the non-free package will get you what you need. JL> Greets, JL> Joris JL> -----Original Message----- JL> From: Ilya Martynov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JL> Sent: vrijdag 30 maart 2001 15:49 JL> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org JL> Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' JL> Subject: Re: How to save a image to GIF by GIMP? JL> this .gif file format is no longer publicly available since some JL> company (by sudden insanity) decided to start earning money on JL> it's patents, i'd advise you to use .jpg or any other format wich JL> will get you similar results in size AND quality JL> JPEG is not good replacement for GIF in many cases. PNG is better as JL> GIF replacement. JL> :: side note :: i think it's possible to save as a Gif file from JL> within gimp with some export function but if you publish this you JL> might get sued or something like that JL> I think I saw in dselect something like 'gimp-non-free'. Probably this JL> packages comes with gimp with GIF support. JL> -- JL> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- JL> | Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/) | JL> | GnuPG 1024D/323BDEE6 D7F7 561E 4C1D 8A15 8E80 E4AE BE1A 53EB 323B DEE6 | JL> | AGAVA Software Company (http://www.agava.com/) | JL> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- JL> -- JL> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] JL> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact JL> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/) | | GnuPG 1024D/323BDEE6 D7F7 561E 4C1D 8A15 8E80 E4AE BE1A 53EB 323B DEE6 | | AGAVA Software Company (http://www.agava.com/) | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-