Scratch

I always save stuff as PNG because it don't make it all pixelated. 

Are those system files, or something?

jji7skyline wrote:

nextstorm wrote:

Mac huh

Oh well, RIP jobs anyways

Isn't it great how Macs use png whereas Windows uses the depreciated bmp format? 

Eh. BMPs store more information, tbh
I personally prefer bmps

nextstorm wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

nextstorm wrote:

Mac huh

Oh well, RIP jobs anyways

Isn't it great how Macs use png whereas Windows uses the depreciated bmp format? 

Eh. BMPs store more information, tbh
I personally prefer bmps

bmp is not supported by some browsers, and is too big... I'd much rather use tiff which also contains all image data without compression but is more superior and widely accepted 

Harakou wrote:

Every PNG file? Just how many do you have, since I imagine that would take a while if you had even a relatively small number. (I have 8,061 currently, so you could see how that would be a lot to go through.)

nextstorm wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Isn't it great how Macs use png whereas Windows uses the depreciated bmp format? 

Eh. BMPs store more information, tbh
I personally prefer bmps

How so? PNG's are lossless and have the advantage of an alpha channel.

[i]Every[/b] PNG file indeed! I used Spotlight feature 

Apparently all Mac system graphics are either png or tiff 

I compiled the multiple png images used by applications into gifs in gimp to create these 

Harakou wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

nextstorm wrote:

Eh. BMPs store more information, tbh
I personally prefer bmps

bmp is not supported by some browsers, and is too big... I'd much rather use tiff which also contains all image data without compression but is more superior and widely accepted 

Yeah, but "superior" is subjective here. TIFF's may be high quality, but they're also massive in terms of file size. 

But aren't tiffs?

Basically, tiff and bmp are complete bitmaps that store all the info.

Jpegs lossy compression is just embarrassing...

Png gives us the wonder of lossless compression along with 16 million colours and an alpha channel     

quote: "The BMP format (Windows Bitmap) is compatible with most Windows programs, including older programs, but is not recommended for Web browsers, because BMP cannot compress images. BMPs are sometimes preferred for images in computer software when speed is more important than reduced file size, because uncompressed bitmaps can be displayed more quickly."

Last edited by jji7skyline (2011-10-11 23:36:52)

Harakou wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Harakou wrote:

Yeah, but "superior" is subjective here. TIFF's may be high quality, but they're also massive in terms of file size. 

But aren't tiffs?

Basically, tiff and bmp are complete bitmaps that store all the info.

Jpegs lossy compression is just embarrassing...

Png gives us the wonder of lossless compression along with 16 million colours and an alpha channel     

Not sure where you're going with that. I already knew that, silly. 

So what I'm saying is... why use bmp when tiff is similar and more widely accepted?

See my edit on previous post 

ihaveamac wrote:

I use PNG all the time when creating pictures. I use paint.net's special format if I want to edit it some more since it saves layers, but other than that, PNG. All the time. Just like Chrome.

How'd you get Paint.NET if you "haveamac?"

I use .xcf native gimp format if I'm saving work in progress 

Harakou wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

Harakou wrote:

Not sure where you're going with that. I already knew that, silly. 

So what I'm saying is... why use bmp when tiff is similar and more widely accepted?

See my edit on previous post 

Okay, now we're on different pages. Yes, BMP doesn't really have any advantages over TIFF, but I wasn't referring specifically to that case. I was referring to TIFF's compared to any other format.

See where miscommunications get you? (That one was my fault, btw.) 

Oh! Sorry 

Well, I wish my camera had a function to save images as tiff files...

And yea... tiff is only useful if you want to keep it exactly how you made it... like if you hid a secret image in there    *spooky smiley!*

veggieman001 wrote:

I like PNGs
They have really nice filesizes
And they're indexable, and people constantly are writing new optimisation algorithms

Agreed 

jji7skyline wrote:

ihaveamac wrote:

I use PNG all the time when creating pictures. I use paint.net's special format if I want to edit it some more since it saves layers, but other than that, PNG. All the time. Just like Chrome.

How'd you get Paint.NET if you "haveamac?"

I use .xcf native gimp format if I'm saving work in progress 

Here's 2 possible ways:
1) I own a PC and use it (I do)
2) I use a virtual machine on a mac.

My name says I have one, not that I use it 101% of the time. I use PC more. 

Last edited by ihaveamac (2011-10-12 00:32:36)

veggieman001 wrote:

TheBajeebas wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

I like PNGs
They have really nice filesizes
And they're indexable, and people constantly are writing new optimisation algorithms

you sir are correct

dude i'm always correct
even more so in this field

mhm