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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:03 PM
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Poll question: jpg vs. gif
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Emops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:04 PM
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1. Apples and oranges, aren't they?
Of course, I'm tech illiterate, so what do I know?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:05 PM
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3. Wasn't that guy in that movie "Scanners"?


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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:05 PM
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2. PNG
jpg is lossy, but full color. GIF is not lossy, but only 256 colors. PNG is full color and not lossy.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:13 PM
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4. lossy?
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:19 PM
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5. It means that every time you change and save the image, you lose quality.
That's why JPG files are so small... they use visual tricks and remove parts of the file that the human eye won't notice.

Same thing as MP3/WMA and pretty much all audio/video formats. Each time you change it and save it, the quality gets worse.
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:28 PM
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9. PNG is indeed the best
nt
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:20 PM
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6. crayons on a black and white monitor screen
And of course lots of windex each time I click on a new page.
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:23 PM
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7. .PNG is my format of choice
Best quality and colour for the file size.

but if I must I'll use .JPG

.GIF is only one that can do animations so that's a plus, and it's small size makes it ideal for say, DU or AIM avatars
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:28 PM
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8. gif is SO Windows 3.1!
nt
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:29 PM
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10. hahaha
:rofl:
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:31 PM
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11. How dare you deny the awesome powers of GIF images!
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:32 PM
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12. the gif is losing power
I PREDICT A PNG REVOLUTION! *MWAHAHA*
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 11:33 PM
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13. gif is for loosers
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-25-05 09:51 PM
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14. Choosy mothers choose .gif
I wish I could find that JPEG that carries that slogan.
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