On 07.12.2010, at 12:30, Albrecht Schlosser wrote:

> I propose to replace all .gif (and maybe also .jpg) files in our
> docs with converted .png files. These can be used in both (html
> and pdf) versions.

+1

> Advantages:
> - only one image file for all
> - color images in .pdf docs instead of gray-scale images
> - removal of huge .eps files
> - no file conversion needed to create the docs

Wonderful. I love it.

> File sizes:
> *.eps: ~ 12 MB
> *.gif + *.jpg: ~ 380 KB
> *.png: ~ 485 KB
> 
> Maybe we can compress the .png files better; I used 'convert' w/o
> any options to convert them. Suggestions ?

png is just a wrapper for different compression algorithms. Most png images use 
jpeg compression internally.

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