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Re: GIF vs JPEG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Mullenger TS House)
Wed Feb 1 03:22:28 1995
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 08:49:06 +0100
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Reply-To: sjm@roke.co.uk
From: sjm@roke.co.uk (Simon Mullenger TS House)
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> Beware. On small images and computer generated images (particularly things
> like logos) JPEGs are larger, not smaller, than GIFs. Try it.
>
> ..., but not for everything (and particularly not without an alpha channel for masking).
>
> Kee Hinckley Utopia Inc. - Cyberspace Architects=81 617/721-4671
> nazgul@utopia.com http://www.utopia.com/
I agree. Logos and flat line art should not be subjected to a lossy compression technique such as JPEG.
Best Regards
Simon Mullenger
sjm@roke.co.uk
