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"Bob Hughes" <per### [at] aol com?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
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> Wow! And I say again, wow!
> Did you realize this JPG is only 18.1 K compared to
> that other one of 31.4 K?!
> I'm stunned at the quality and file size you obtained
> using that program.
I use Corel PhotoPaint 8 and have been using it since version 3. Older
versions (5 or 6) are usually available for $50 or less. I compressed the
png down to 12k without noticeable artifacts.
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Fabien Mosen wrote:
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> In general, you might want to avoid such pure tones, as it JPG badly,
> and, anyway, it's harsh, even without the compression problems.
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> That said, there is a solution to your problem : you must ensure that
> your conversion program does 1x1x1 subsampling in JPG conversion.
> PSP is unable to do that. If you're not afraid of using a DOS-based
> program, I recommend "SEA" which you can get from www.photodex.com
> (shareware with GUI, stopped developpement :-(( ).
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I think that the latest version of the gimp (1.1.x) allows it. Go to
http://www.gimp.org for more info (or
http://user.sgic.fi/~tml/gimp/win32/ if you're running windows)
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