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All About LJ/Web-friendly Image File Formats

Sep 10, 2006 22:00

As most (if not all) of you already know, GIF, JPEG and PNG are the image file formats LJ allows for icons. These same formats are, of the various formats web browsers will render, also the most common and accepted out on the Web at large. Every once in a while someone will post asking about which type of file is the best. When this happens many of ( Read more... )

basics: image file formats

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aquamarcia September 11 2006, 05:15:40 UTC

Actually, JPEGs were created by a consortium of photography experts working for Satan. Satan's been to busy working out the kinks in his Anti-Christ Project™ to fuss with digital image standards. ;~)

twisted_badger September 11 2006, 05:47:25 UTC

hi. you win. i love livejournal, you get to see the most awesome people.

bchsbunny2005 September 11 2006, 05:26:47 UTC

This is very useful, Thanks for posting it.
I always use JPGs because PNGs never load on my Dial up connection and a Low Compression JPG looks the same in most (not all) instances as a PNG.

the_calzone September 11 2006, 05:37:29 UTC

Just reinforces my beliefe that PNGs kick ass.

twisted_badger September 11 2006, 05:45:32 UTC

a loop of Master Shake moshing to Kelis
you're trying to seduce me aren't you *dead pan*

sorry. hi. lol.

Thank you for posting this vilain_garcon September 11 2006, 05:49:34 UTC

I still don't get why people think one format is better than the other (for all purposes.) They all do what they are supposed to do.