Thus spake Jeffrey Brent McBeth:
> GIF is limited to 256 colors, on/off transparency, and so-so compression.
> JPEG is limited to 24-bit color, no transparency, and phenominal compression
> at the cost of introducing visual artifacts. Especially in line art.
> PNG supports 1-48 bit color, 1-16 bit transparency, better compression than
> GIF, worse than JPEG.
>
> But, the final format is the end product. Right now you need to find a tool
> that handles layers that you are comfortable with so you can produce some
> final product. Xara might be worth looking into, it is simpler than the
> GIMP/Photoshop stuff...
You've reminded me of something that I've been pondering lately, namely
that it would be a good thing to have 'source' packages in addition to
modules. If you're creating maps and tokens using a program that supports
layers, then none of the layer information is present in the module---but
it's the layer information that anyone who does further work on the module
really needs, not the end product. E.g., text on high-quality maps is usually
anti-aliased. If I find a typo on a map, it's going to be trivial to fix
if I have the map in a layered format, but difficult if everything is in
just one plane.
--
J.
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