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- From: wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke)
- Subject: Re: Compressing GIF/JPEG/BMP files
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.212050.16756@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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- Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
- References: <1992Aug26.144219.7732@oracorp.com> <1992Aug27.090856.5941@hemlock.cray.com>
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:20:50 GMT
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- kak1@cypress31.cray.com (Kevin Kramer) writes:
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- >In article <1992Aug26.144219.7732@oracorp.com>, ras@oracorp.com (Rick Smith) writes:
- >> I've been trying to find a archive program that will compress
- >> the formats mentioned above. PKZIP does not do this. I'd
- >> like to archive off some of stuff I've accumulated over the years
- >> and not take 25 floppies to do it. Any suggestions?
- >>
- >> the rickster
- >
- >Convert everything to JPEG files. When I converted my GIF files to JPEG, I
- >would get aroung 60-70% reduction in the file size. (quite significant)
- >I think that JPEG was invented to do just as you ask, so you won't find any
- >better compression. (at least that I know of)
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- You should remember that jpeg files loose some of the original information
- contained in the image. That is generally acceptable for photos, but not
- for drawings and other graphical stuff. I wouldn't recommend jpeg at all
- really unless you're really out of storage space. gif does not lose any
- information.
-
- >Kevin
-
- Wolfgang
-
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