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Post January 15th, 2004, 2:19 pm

Hey wahts the best format for web images.... i need some big images to dl reallty fast, any info or links on image formats and their plus minus's would be nice :)
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Post January 15th, 2004, 2:19 pm

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Post January 15th, 2004, 2:26 pm

There is no "best format" as a general rule for images.

"Best Format" depends on the image itself.

If it's just a 2 or 3 colour line drawing, then GIF is the way to go.

If it's a photograph with 100,000 different coloured pixels and lots of busy action, then use JPG.
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Post January 15th, 2004, 2:33 pm

Don't forget about PNG! While they are slightly larger than JPGs, the quality is great!
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Post January 15th, 2004, 2:47 pm

Oh yeah, PNG is great for actually showing off photos, where quality counts. Also, PNG supports alpha transparency (although, I'm not sure if IE supports the transparency if you call a PNG file in an <img> tag).
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Post January 15th, 2004, 4:28 pm

It does, with the right javascript. :)


*** and a jpg and png can both achieve all the visual quality you'd ever need.
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Post January 15th, 2004, 5:01 pm

I've never used png files before, can everyone view them if you use them on a website?
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Post January 15th, 2004, 5:08 pm

We've already had one very good conversation about png files here:
http://ozzu.com/digital-art-forum/compatibility-portable-network-graphics-png-t1186.html
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Post January 15th, 2004, 5:15 pm

Yes, they can, except for really old versions of Nutscrape and such. Oh, I mean, Netscape. Sorry.

http://www.xentrik.net/graphics/formats.php That tells you about what formats are good for what.


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...most of the latest versions of the major browsers fully support alpha transparency with png—namely, Netscape 6, Opera 6, and recently-released Mozilla 1, all on Windows; and, for the Mac, Internet Explorer 5, Netscape 6, Opera 5, Mozilla 1, OmniWeb 3.1, and ICab 1.9. Incredibly, png even works on Opera 6 for Linux, on WebTV, and on Sega Dreamcast.


I think I found that on a news release somewhere. Forgive me, I don't remember. That was written in May 03 so I think there's later versions, but they obviously support it.
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Post January 15th, 2004, 5:21 pm

Thanks for the link ATNO! :D
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Post January 15th, 2004, 6:39 pm

Thanks all, I am just working on a portfolio website....so i need to put my art on it :) I am making a really simple flash site for now...i am not advanced at flash :( but i want my work up, so in the future i will certainly be on these forums a lot :P and haunting all of you with rediculous questions :shock:
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Post January 15th, 2004, 9:38 pm

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Thanks all, I am just working on a portfolio website....so i need to put my art on it :) I am making a really simple flash site for now...i am not advanced at flash :( but i want my work up, so in the future i will certainly be on these forums a lot :P and haunting all of you with rediculous questions :shock:


No such thing as ridiculous questions. No matter how stupid I feel I always ask it, because that's the only way to learn.
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Post January 15th, 2004, 9:42 pm

Oh, there are such things as stupid questions... like..

"Hi, I run NASA. Should I use Windows to power the next shuttle into space?"

But those kinds of questions are very very rare ;)
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Post January 15th, 2004, 9:44 pm

good onya :lol:
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Post January 15th, 2004, 10:25 pm

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Oh, there are such things as stupid questions... like..

"Hi, I run NASA. Should I use Windows to power the next shuttle into space?"

But those kinds of questions are very very rare ;)


Mr. Bush just gave NASA an extra billion a year for the next 5 years. Why is this a question? *lol
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Post January 15th, 2004, 10:53 pm

An extra billion huh?. That should cover at least a coupla dozen Win2003 server licenses ;)
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