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Don't know much about pcast12.zip - couldn't find much on the net
either.
Any web browser has the ability to display GIF files (as well as
JPGs). Just enter the file name in the Address bar.
For all other file formats, I use VuePrint which I highly recommend.
http://www.hamrick.com
Chip
---=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Carlos_Duarte_Areia?= wrote:
>
> Chip
> I,m trying to download pccast12.zip from
>
http://search.shareware.com/code/engine/File?archive=sim-win95&file=news%2fp
> cast12%2ezip&size=1042099
>
> is this a good viewer with GIF files to use ? Or you recommend me
another ?
>
> Thanks for any help
> J.Carlos
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: Chip Anderson <chipamy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Para: Jack Velte <jackv@xxxxxxxxxxx>; metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Data: Quarta-feira, 5 de Novembro de 1997 02:11
> Assunto: Re: Right choice of a file format when attaching in e-mail
>
>
> >There is another significant difference between the GIF and JPG
> >formats. GIF is a loss-less compression format while JPG introduces
> >distortions into the image.
> >
> >At higher JPG compression settings bigger distortions are introduced.
> >For photographic images the distortion is usually acceptable.
However
> >for MS charts, high compression JPGs can easily obscure the exact
> >point at which an indicator crosses a signal line. Yet another
reason
> >to use the GIF format for MS Charts whenever possible.
> >
> >Chip
> >
> >---Jack Velte wrote:
> >>
> >> this is slightly misleading. while i completely agree with the bmp
> >and pcx
> >> formats -- as they are not a format that compresses the data, both
> >the gif
> >> and jpeg (jpg) format compress the data. there is a *choice* when
> >> compressing using Jpeg about how much to compress. i guess the
> >default is
> >> pretty implementation dependant. so these results are true for
this
> >image
> >> and this compression ratio, but "your mileage may vary!" [for
> >photographs
> >> and images with gradual color transitions, jpeg usually compresses
> >much
> >> better than gif. for images like charts with only abrupt color
> >transitions,
> >> perhaps gif is always better.]
> >>
> >> -jack
> >>
> >>
> >
> >_____________________________________________________________________
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