On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 08:22:14PM -0700, shane wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 18 July 2002 6:50 pm, Tom Brinkman did speak unto the huddled > masses, saying: > > > Take any .gif file and just rename it as a .png, you'll get the same > > image when you open it (or v'versa). You can also take M$ .ico's and > > convert them to .gif's or call'em .png's. > > can you really? then why are all the png images i make so damn big? i > tried to convert my site from jpg to png about 8 months ago, every image > tripled, or more, in size! maybe i am doing something wrong...... > > - -- > We have forgotten who we are. We have alienated ourselves from the > unfolding of the cosmos, become estranged from the movements of the Earth, > turned our backs on the cycles of life. -UN Environmental Sabbath Program > > shane <snip>
Were your images photograph-type? PNG can't compete with JPG for photographic quality images in the quality-size game. PNGs are great for computer generated images like buttons, logos, and some screenshots. Take a screenshot of an e-mail message or something text-heavy, save it as a PNG and then a JPG to see the lossy JPG compression--it just can't compete with PNG for quality, but JPG wins in file size. Todd -- Todd Slater
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