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AW: Is Photoshop a good tool for screenshots?(long)
Subject:AW: Is Photoshop a good tool for screenshots?(long) From:Ballenberger Gerd <gerd -dot- ballenberger -at- siemens -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 6 May 2002 17:08:19 +0200
David Knopf wrote: "... This is an oft repeated MYTH. Compression is
optional with the JPEG format..."
Seems this is true for JPEG 2000 (thanks for the hint!), but not for
"normal", old-fashioned JPEG?
I just saved a screenshot from IrfanView in three formats:
* standard JPEG, highest quality: 75 KB
* JPEG 2000, without compression: 29 KB (not bad!)
* GIF: 9 KB - better!
Gerd Ballenberger
Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany
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