On 30 Jul 98, at 14:31, Pambytes wrote:
> Every once in a while someone will write to me and
> say that when they download files from my website
> they come across as .art files and they don't
> know what to do with them. Well, I don't know either:)
> What are these files and why are my images which are
> all .gif or .jpg being saved as .art?
>
> I now have a client who has sent me a bunch of
> images he wants on a site and they are .art files.
Pam:
I've had problems with .art files before. They're compressed image
files created specifically on AOL for web downloads. As far as I can
tell, they're a proprietary format where most of the compression is
achieved by reducing the image size rather than the typical kind of
compression you get in .gif and .jpg forms. They show up when the AOL
user has their browsing options set for maximum speed/compression.
The bug that bit me was the effect on a background image - the art
files made a perfectly fine 100 X 1280 jpg into a 50 X 640 .art file.
! There went my meticulous columnar table layout !
I don't know of a viewer for these files except maybe the AOL browser.
Then there's the problem of where these images came from .... can you
say copyright infringement?
Sanford Carr
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