On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:45:28 -0500, Lee Dickey <Lee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think this explains a lot. BMP is a format invented by and for > Windows OS, and so is the software. I am convinced that it is not > the JPG file itself that is larger, it is what PPT does with them > that produces this bizarre consequence. I still maintain that > JPGs are inherently more compressed than BMPs. BMP is not compressed, BUT it is compressable using "loss less" compression techniques (e.g. zip, tz, sit, etc.). I don't know if MS invented BMP for their own use (it's ancient & predates PPT), but BMP is no different from any other uncompressed bit-mapped format like TIFF (uncompressed) or bitmapped MacPaint files (the ones used for the old 512x342 startupscreens). JPEG is a rather testy file format for storing images -- yes, you can reduce file sizes dramatically, but once you do so you're stuck with the result (and have "lost" information/clarity/etc.). For _any_ application to work with JPEGs requires the app to decompress the JPEG, and, if it does anything to it, it must then recompress the image to save it -- this can result in images balooning to insane sizes if you, say, lighten or sharpen an image that was originally saved at 50% but then re-saved at 95% (an app like PPT will try to keep the quality as high as possible, even if the starting image was less than perfect). Eric. _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/