Date   : Fri, 06 Jul 2001 14:20:02 +0100
From   : Jeremy C B Nicoll <Jeremy@...>
Subject: Re: JPG versus PNG

On 06 Jul, Richard Gellman <r.gellman@...> wrote:
> Not sure if this is worth knowing, but I had a little experience with
> PNG which I was quite impressed by.

> The subject was a complete 1-file map of Exile (that BBC micro classic)
> which when extracted from the zipfile, was a 650K PNG.

> Having not used PNG before, I tried converting this to JPG using Paint
> Shop Pro 5 - The resultant 27Mb JPG was a *little* too large for my
> liking :)

As far as I know, PNG is broadly similar to Acorn's !Draw application.

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Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.