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RE: Pictures to down load
On 1998 May 30 Saturday 14:35, Ron Needham [SMTP:roncathy@ameritech.net]
wrote:
> Try sending any pictures as Bit map files that way you can easily
> view them with Paint brush or internet explore
> Just a thought
The problem with straight .BMP files is that they are uncompressed, and
therefore consume the most disk space and transmission time. (They're also
not routinely handled on Mac platforms.) The two most common compressed
formats are .JPG and .GIF, which can both be viewed by nearly any web
browser if you have no other means. The .JPG format uses a "lossy"
compression algorithm, so it works better for photographs rather than line
drawings. The .GIF format compression ratio is not as good as .JPG, but
does not lose anything in the translation. Both are much, much smaller than
the .BMP format.
- Chuck