Hello Alex,

Friday, July 16, 1999, 7:47:38 PM, you wrote:
AP> I make pictures (banner, button, logo) in PhotoShop. What's the best format to store my pictures?
AP> I store its in jpg in case its very popular format (stand for photo images). But I've heard that gif is
AP> best to comuter graphic.

3 tips.

1) If you plan to edit those pictures later, always keep a copy of
   Photoshop format. JPEGs lose quality drastically if resaved, and
   GIFs lose colors if you decide to increase the color depth later.

2) For all hand-drawn art and most interface parts, use GIF. Try
   different levels of compression. I usually use 8 colors for text
   on background, 32-64 colors for typical image.

3) For photos and scanned stuff, video captures etc, use JPEG only.
   256 colors are often not enough for GIF and its compression for
   photographic images is unadequate.

If none of these apply, save in both GIF-256 and JPEG-90% and
decide. If you still can't decide, adjust colors and compression
down until you get to minimum quality you consider good, and decide
by file size.

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