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From: Joe Makowiec <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] I need help with the size of my photos linked to the websitecreated by Second Site
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 16:59:33 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <NGBBJHDDCLMHMCKLHFLHCEHEDCAA.cwbjib@att.net>


At 02:06 PM 1-1-2003 -0600, cwbjib wrote:
>When scanning in a photo, what is the best format to save the original? I
>use Picture Publisher and the default is *.ppf. This is fine as long as I
>do not change programs since I do not know is others will read this
>format. Would it be better to save orginal in a standard (jpeg, gif or
>tiff) format.

I just did a quick search - Picture Publisher, originally from Micrgrafx,
is now owned by Corel and apparently no longer sold. So you're bumping up
against technical obsolescence already.

My first thought would be to use uncompressed .pngs (Portable Network
Graphics) for 'archival' storage. While not the most visible format at the
moment, it's up and coming; most major applications which deal with images
support it. I suspect it'll be the web standard in a couple of years. See
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/ for more information.

For web use, convert the .pngs to .jpgs - virtually every browser known to
humankind supports them, and for photos, they tend to be smaller and better
visual quality.

Joe
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