Re: Check out!
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 21:25:49 +0100, Laurens Holst wrote: Take a look at my homepage, I have put up a new section, called: "The MSX image source"... Here you can find photos of different kinds of MSX-stuff (I have). Maybe a product of yours is also there!!! If you have contributions, please!!! You might notice they're all in the GIF-format, and not in the JPG-format, which is more logical for photos. This is because the drastical loss of quality, which doesn't occur in the GIF-format. ?? You can choose the quality of a Jpeg image, try using 80% quality, you'll have a good image that is smaller than an GIF (that is also limited to 256 colors) by Frengo Web Editor of : Miri Software MSX Computer System Italy e-mail (Leader) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] HomePage :http://Frengo.dragonfire.net/MSX.HTM *** MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Check out!
Take a look at my homepage, I have put up a new section, called: "The MSX image source"... Here you can find photos of different kinds of MSX-stuff (I have). Maybe a product of yours is also there!!! If you have contributions, please!!! You might notice they're all in the GIF-format, and not in the JPG-format, which is more logical for photos. This is because the drastical loss of quality, which doesn't occur in the GIF-format. I haven't put an HTML-file in the section, because that is still in development. There will be a decent index soon!!! ~Grauw MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Re: Check out!
Laurens Holst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take a look at my homepage, I have put up a new section, called: "The MSX image source"... Here you can find photos of different kinds of MSX-stuff (I have). Maybe a product of yours is also there!!! Great, so let's visit: http:// Greetings, Alwin Henseler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://huizen.dds.nl/~alwinh/msx MSX Tech Doc page MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Re: Check out!
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But you won't have the original image. An especially in images with sharp edges (which occur often in MSX pictures!) you will lose _lots_ of detail even if you use 90% quality -- it's simply a consequence of the compression method used. Just try it: make a simple image, preferably on your MSX :-): a purple square on a yellow background. Save it as bitmap, and convert it to a JPG. There is NO way you will retain the sharp edges in the JPG... Exactly. JPEG was designed specially for compressing of real images (i.e., photos or digitally acquired images), and is based in the fact that usual images don't have abrupt transitions of color and human's eyes have less optical resolution in chrominance than luminance. GIF was designed as a simple method of compression based only in statistical factors, that is excellent for drawings and synthesized images, like games, and is based in the fact that drawings have too much equal colors (i.e., drawings have big areas with exactly the same color). Conclusion: use the right method on the right picture (and at the right time!) Greetings from Brazil! -- Marco Antonio Simon Dal Poz http://www.lsi.usp.br/~mdalpoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The measure of success is the knowledge" /"\ \ / CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII - CONTRA MAIL HTML X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL / \ MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Re: Check out!
But you won't have the original image. An especially in images with sharp edges (which occur often in MSX pictures!) you will lose _lots_ of detail even if you use 90% quality -- it's simply a consequence of the compression method used. Just try it: make a simple image, preferably on your MSX :-): a purple square on a yellow background. Save it as bitmap, and convert it to a JPG. There is NO way you will retain the sharp edges in the JPG... Exactly. JPEG was designed specially for compressing of real images (i.e., photos or digitally acquired images), and is based in the fact that usual images don't have abrupt transitions of color and human's eyes have less optical resolution in chrominance than luminance. Errmm... apparently you still haven't looked at it... It ARE photos of, for example my MoonSound, the FM-Stereo-Pak, Usas etc... ~Grauw MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
