> Can't you render directly to PNG? PNG compression is lossless,
> there's no quality degradation in rendering (and storing) your
> images in PNG format.

Probably... To be honest that's not a setting I've tried to change
yet.  BMP was the default for the Windows version I down
loaded.

> I'm no one here, but I'd say you should only use JPG and PNG
> in these groups:
>
> - Use JPG with high compression rate as often as you can. Yes,
> the quality won't be perfect, but it's usually enough to see the
> model, lighting, etc.  This is not the file you store in your system,
> it's just the file you send to the group.
>
> - Use PNG only in cases where it gives lower filesize than JPG
> (very simple flat-colour images) or when the quality loss is
> unacceptable (maybe you're trying to show some fine detail or
> texture that is lost in JPG, for example).

Sounds like good advice to me.  Thanks.

Carl

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