Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 04:48:35 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Richard Chang) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hpscan Message-ID: <199604230248.EAA20683@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960421231537.15146g-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> from "Richard Chang" at Apr 21, 96 11:16:58 pm
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As Richard Chang wrote: > oh okay, never knew there was a hpscan/pkg/DESCR file. All ports have it... > is ppm formats quality as good as gif files? PPM is just raw pixels, in 24-bit format. Rather bloated files, but full resolution and color depth. > hmmm, okay. any ideas how to do transparent gifs? does either > xv or xpaint do this? This is in the ``Authoring for the Web FAQ''. At least, netpbm does it, as well as interlaced GIF. GIF is a non-optimal format for scanned photos, better use JPEG. The usual savage for a Web page photo is between 70 and 90 percent compared to GIF. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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