-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Award wining software
- From: "zat" <zzzatso@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 09:31:00 -0800
I've never tried out such 'compression' software so can't testify as to how
well it works. One way that I try and save space is to convert the format of
the picture. A jpg is generally smaller than a bmp and sometimes a gif will
be smaller yet. Depending on how well the image has to display converting to
a 256 color gif can drastically save space. I've had bmp(s) go from 800k
down to 80k by simply converting the image.
zat
----- Original Message -----
From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 7:29 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Award wining software
> In this case, 'crunch' means compress - as in - if I have a .jpg image and
it is
> say 1000kb's -
> that is too large to send thru e-mails. I compress it down to 500kb's. I
still
> just have the .jpg image.
> I lose some of the clarity of the image - but depending on the program I
use,
> sometimes, it isn't enough
> to make the picture blurry.
> PSP will compress images - I have that, and I also have a program called
XAT.com
> image optimiser.
> so - what it really is doing is optimizing an image to look the best, at a
> smaller file size. It doesn't put it into a zip file.
> make sense?? it is still just an image. You can then zip it to send it and
> others - making the zip even smaller.
>
> CrisS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: The Keyboard Cowboy
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 3:50 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Award wining software
>
>
> I'm confused. When you say it crunches them.......doesn't that really
> mean the same thing as compressing them? I went to the site when you
> first posted it.............seems like it compresses the file to a
> smaller size. That's what you do when you zip a file. I guess I'm
> too old to understand this <chuckle>
> Regards from the
> "Keyboard Cowboy",
> ,,,,,,,,
> Ô¿Ô¬
> Cincinnati, Ohio
> Scottsdale, Arizona
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