POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Re: Platonic Solids : Re: Platonic Solids Server Time
16 Aug 2024 16:19:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Platonic Solids  
From: Deaken
Date: 14 Jan 2002 02:36:37
Message: <3C428A7E.39EB58E1@sw-tech.com>
Ken wrote:
> 
> Deaken wrote:
> 
> > 798720 delurk.png
> > 405504 soliddemo.png
> 
> > Anyone have any idea why that happened?
> 
> I was guessing at the 2 meg limit. After I downloaded 1.35 megs I gave up
> and the second image was only 1/3 through. Remember to add about 30% for
> message encoding.

Yeah, but 800K->1.35M?  That's ridiculous.

> Or you can do as most people do and use image compression on the images
> you post here. With .png you should be able to reduce your file sizes
> by as much as 70% and still not lose image quality.

I have no good image editors, nor is this a computer where I can install
things at random.  I hope to correct both these situations very soon.

> No real harm done. We try not to cancel too many posts around here but
> it happens occasionally.

Definitely.  A 2M post is just pathetic.

Deaken


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