When I do some translation (English -> spanish) If my client send me the text scanned I prefer they send me it in gif than as is usually ��In JPG!!
GIF take a pretty little file without artifacts and good detail in the profiles of the fonts. Not as JPG, wich have all kinds of troubles with few colors (ideally only 2 tones) and abrupt profiles... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bob Friesenhahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "karthik.bala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Francisco Bernal Rosso'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [Lcms-user] Embed Profiles in TIFF / GIF files > > I expect that GIF files containing color profiles are exceedingly rare > > They are extremely rare. Although GIF format allows 24-bit images, it > must be done using several blocks, with a maximum of 256 colors per > block. That is a true pain and nobody is using GIF for imaging purposes > anymore. GIF is still being used for indexed images in web pages, but > that's all. The issue on LZW patent, years ago didn't exactly help to > rise GIF popularity, though. > > In practice, only TIFF, JPEG and PNG are suitable to embedded > profiles. > > Regards, > -- > Marti Maria > The littlecms project. > www.littlecms.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Friesenhahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "karthik.bala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "'Francisco Bernal Rosso'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 5:21 PM > Subject: RE: [Lcms-user] Embed Profiles in TIFF / GIF files > > > > On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, karthik.bala wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> The section is found in ICC specification. > >> 'annex B' of 'ICC specification' has a section titled as 'embedding ICC > >> profiles in GIF files' > >> Kindly clear me in this regard. > > > > Clearly I was wrong. I expect that GIF files containing color profiles > > are exceedingly rare. Please let me know if you should happen to > > encounter one. > > > > Bob > > ====================================== > > Bob Friesenhahn > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. > > Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 > > opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to > > win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > Lcms-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/2005 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.0 - Release Date: 29/04/2005 > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
