Kevin
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> >From cfan@klg.com Wed Aug 16 05:43:32 1995
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 08:40:52 EDT
> From: cfan@klg.com (Christina Norman)
> To: webmasters@art.net
> Subject: scaning
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> Hi, I've been exploring Art on the Net and I've found lots of neat stuff.
> Could you *please* include in your little thing on scanning a brief
> recommendation that JPG format be used. Something along the lines of
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> "In general, the JPG format offers the highest quality pictures, while
> keeping image size small enough to be easily downloaded. Scan directly
> to JPG format, or scan to another 24-bit format such as TIFF and then
> convert it to JPG (we can do the conversion for you). GIF format,
> while popular, should not be used as it is an 8-bit format and will
> reduce your image to only 256 colors."
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> I realize not all of your users will be very technically oriented, but
> every GIF image I've seen on the site has made me cringe. It's such a
> waste to reduce artwork to 256 colors, when millions are available at
> a smaller file size. Oh, I've found a quality of 80% usually produces
> an image indistinguishable from the original, at a fraction of the TIFF
> file size.
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> - Christina
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