Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-20 Thread gg
On 01/19/10 22:51, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 22:38 +0100, yahvuu wrote: [...] II. Range of actually useful values for IJG quality value For GIMP's target users less than half of all possible settings are useful: possibly - I've often used values as low as 35% or

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-20 Thread Torsten Neuer
Once a user starts to use jpeg they have to decide what to do with quality setting. Bigger number = better quality is not too hard to get your head around. A bit of experimenting quickly reveals what works best for a particular task. You quickly realise what ranges don't fit your needs and

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-20 Thread yahvuu
Liam R E Quin wrote: On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 22:38 +0100, yahvuu wrote: [...] II. Range of actually useful values for IJG quality value For GIMP's target users less than half of all possible settings are useful: possibly - I've often used values as low as 35% or sometimes lower. The

[Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-19 Thread yahvuu
Hi all, recent discussion on gimp-user brought up some usuability issues of the JPEG export dialog [1]. Actually, there's nothing new to say about it... the big JPEG quality thread did cover it all [2]. However, due to the sheer size of that thread, i think a summary of open issues is useful.

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-19 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 22:38 +0100, yahvuu wrote: [...] II. Range of actually useful values for IJG quality value For GIMP's target users less than half of all possible settings are useful: possibly - I've often used values as low as 35% or sometimes lower. The sweet spot depends hugely

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-19 Thread Jon Senior
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:38:40 +0100 yahvuu yah...@gmail.com wrote: II. Range of actually useful values for IJG quality value For GIMP's target users less than half of all possible settings are useful: http://yahvuu.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/ijgqualityrange.png or, in ASCII:

Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-19 Thread Scott
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:38:40PM +0100, yahvuu wrote: Hi all, recent discussion on gimp-user brought up some usuability issues of the JPEG export dialog [1]. Actually, there's nothing new to say about it... the big JPEG quality thread did cover it all [2]. However, due to the sheer size