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- 3. _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__a_n_d__A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s
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- This chapter lists changes and additions new to release 2.2
- of IRIS ImageVision Tools.
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- 3.1 _J_F_I_F__a_n_d__G_I_F__f_i_l_e__s_u_p_p_o_r_t_:__n_e_w__s_u_p_p_o_r_t_e_d__f_i_l_e__f_o_r_m_a_t_s
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- The ImageVision Tools now support reading and writing the
- JPEG compressed file format JFIF, as well as reading and
- writing the GIF file format.
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- Image View can now write images using GIF and JFIF (JPEG-
- compressed) file formats. To choose GIF or JFIF file
- output, choose Save As... and select the desired file
- format from the buttons in the file browser.
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- Image View writes GIF and JFIF images using presets which
- are suitable for many uses. For better control over GIF and
- JFIF output quality, use Image Works to convert images to
- these formats.
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- Image Works allows you to choose compression quality when
- you write an image to the JFIF file format. To do this,
- choose Save As... and select JFIF output from the menu in
- the file browser. Then adjust the quality slider to the
- desired setting.
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- To preview the effects of the image quality setting in
- advance, use the compview(1) utility.
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- Image Works now allows you to control several options when
- you write an image to the GIF file format. These options
- help you prepare images for World Wide Web documents or
- other means of on-line distribution. To change these
- options, choose "Set GIF Options..." from the File menu or
- the Save As... file browser.
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- "Number of Colors to Save" allows you to choose the maximum
- number of colors to use in the color palette of the GIF
- image. You can choose 16, 64, 128, or 256 colors. By
- default, Image Works uses 64 colors.
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- More colors will give you a better quality image. You may
- want to choose many colors to accurately represent
- photographs or other highly realistic imagery.
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- Fewer colors will help save disk space and network
- transmission time. Use this option for diagrams, line
- drawings, graphics composed of spot colors, and other simple
- graphics.
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- Finally, if you prepare images for the World Wide Web,
- remember that your content is viewable by a worldwide
- audience. Internet users will view your images using a wide
- range of computer systems and software, with varying color
- graphics capabilities. To place fewer demands on the
- viewer's web browsing hardware and software, you should
- choose the fewest colors to provide acceptable quality for
- your images. If you place several images into one page, use
- fewer colors in each image to help web browsers faithfully
- show all the images.
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- "Use Dithering" allows you to control how Image Works
- reduces the number of colors in an image. Dithering is a
- process which changes the pixels in an image to simulate
- lost colors. By default, Image Works uses dithering, but for
- some types of images (such as screen snapshots, line art,
- and simple graphics) you may get better results by
- unchecking this option.
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- "Use Interlacing" allows you to control the way Image Works
- arranges image data in a GIF file. Interlaced images allow
- World Wide Web browsers to quickly show a rough version of
- the full image, then progressively refine visual detail as
- they read more image data. By default, Image Works uses
- interlacing when writing GIF images. You can uncheck this
- option if you want smaller GIF files that do not allow
- progressive display.
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- "Choose Transparency Color" allows you to make a solid color
- of your image transparent. This allows you to create Web
- images with nonrectangular graphics.
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- To choose the transparency color, click the "Choose
- Transparency Color" button, move the pointer over the pixel
- in the image which contains the color you want to make
- transparent, then click with the left mouse button. Image
- Works immediately previews the effects of the selection. To
- remove all transparency, click the Clear button in the GIF
- Transparency panel.
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