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Your reference for Hardcopy 9.1 does not have that version any more. Is there another place to obtain that version?
-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Maas [SMTP:anthmaas@xxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 3:23 AM
To: marnoldi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Metastock-List
Subject: Re: imaging programs
JPEG FAQs - (actualy a very good write up on imaging (+formats) in general)
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/jpeg-faq/part1/faq-doc-3.
html
Note from this page (printed further down below), that the JPEG as an
image-file standard/format is not ever needed, eg first the bomb-bastic BMP
file
format went haywire on the Internet, and now the JPEG files are hardly ever
(scans/photos only) being used. With the better image-software packages
around
(PaintShop, PhotoShop, PhotoDraw2000) GIF will be left as one of the only,
commonly used, compact file standard for any (draw/chart) images, eg is also
the only required format for the chart images usage(s).
MetaStock therefore should (+could) have easy used the GIF image file format
as
a program build-in, eg available as an Option to User when Save(AS) to HTML.
This would (+could have) save(d) everyone (in the past years + in near
future the
lots of frustations on the) the bogus in/of the "JPEG to GIF"-conversion
jobs.
But I am assuming here also that they will never do so, eg as the JPEG
standard
is freeware and the superior (for charts) GIF is licensed-out for a fee by
Compuserve.
Though, note also here, that the powerfull file size reducing super
compressed GIF
file format, eg the only one format that I and many others use (charts), is
also the
very reductive "256 colors" option, available when saving as a GIF file, eg
where
otherwise millions of colours can be used as the maximum.
Windows Keys
Easy Shortcut Keys for fast creation of and saving the images to disk. When
hit,
contents will get send to the Windows' Clipboard, eg ready for direct Paste
jobs in
any programs (here imaging programs) paste or new file options.
[PrintScreen] - will copy full screen contents
[Alt + PrintScreen] - will copy the current active window
(eg the window's title bar is blue, not
grey)
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Hello Mike,
The notes above (at the top of this mail) were put there 'in general' and
below are
some of the other (better) freeware available imaging software programs.
HARDCOPY
The tiny program I use currently + most of the time (for the past 2 years
!!)
is HARDCOPY v9.1 - (32bit and 1mb in size).
It easely reduces 500kb files(JPEG) to 50kb(GIF) and without a 'single' loss
in/of
quality, eg in colors or (vectors') drawings (only 1 out of 1000 sometimes
might be
a mis-color/print, but then again it is freeware).
It will easy convert the supported formats(JPEG,GIF,TIFF,BMP,PCX,Targa etc.)
just
by editing the files, eg by clicking the Open and then Save As
commands(buttons).
Program does come with its 'own' handles, i.e. like any other program, but
once you
get aquinted (doesn't take that long) it is just a good small straight
forward
"right hand" in managing AND editing picture files.
Homepage: http://www.sw4you.com
Mail: sweckman@xxxxxxxxxx
Regards,
Ton Maas
ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dismiss the ".nospam" bit (including the dot) when replying.
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PicViewer Version 1.8 Lite / Freeware
http://members.xoom.com/freewarepub/Graphics_Utilities.htm
http://www.strongsoftware.net/dronix/
Imaging for Windows 95 Version 1.0 (Wang / Kodak Freeware)
http://www.eastmansoftware.com/products/ImagingPro/instal95.htm
http://www.eastmansoftware.com/techsupport/ts_win.htm
http://www.eastmansoftware.com/download/img_en.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/Imginst.exe
http://www.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q140/9/80.asp
IrfanView32 - [Skiljan Irfan] - version 2.85 ; read/write
IrfanView32 is a fast image viewer that supports animated
GIFs and many other image formats. Version 2.85 adds
support for EPS, CLP and CAM file formats. It can also
extract all frames from an AVI file.
Windows 95/98/NT Freeware.
http://www.softseek.com/files/review?GRGG5573sw
mailto:e9227474@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/
PrintKey v4.00b3
PrintKey lets you print the contents of your screen in a
variety of ways. Version 4.00 beta 3 offers a new simplified
interface, the ability to save pictures directly to a folder,
support for additional file formats, the option to include the
mouse cursor, and Windows 98 multi-screen support.
Windows 95/98/NT Freeware:
http://www.softseek.com/files/review?GRSC13637sw
Check out the image software section (most is freeware) at
http://software.virtualportal.net/index/shtml
THE FREEWARE PUBLISHING SITE
Check out the Graphics Utilities-section on this site, that offers a
collection of the best freeware for WINDOWS 95/98. The software
presented is no shareware or commercial demoware.
But... real FREEWARE. Every day new Freeware is presented ...
THE FREEWARE PUBLISHING SITE GRAPHICS UTILITIES
http://members.xoom.com/freewarepub/Graphics_Utilities.htm
THE FREEWARE PUBLISHING SITE MISCELLANEOUS
http://members.xoom.com/freewarepub/Miscellaneous2.htm
PhotoEd
PhotoEd(itor) is an extra free Microsoft Office97 program that is
included on the Office-CdRom (also available at the OfficeUpdate-site).
With the new Office 2000 program-set, where the older MSPhotoEd
and older MSDraw programs have 'merged' into the new Microsoft
Photo Draw 2000, eg the pictures and images editing program, comes
this <also freeware> program and as such is included on the
Microsoft Office 2000-CdRom).
Parent document is top of "JPEG image compression FAQ, part 1/2"
Previous document is "[2] Why use JPEG?"
Next document is "[4] How well does JPEG compress images?"
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[3] When should I use JPEG, and when should I stick with GIF?
JPEG is *not* going to displace GIF entirely; for some types of images,
GIF is superior in image quality, file size, or both. One of the first
things to learn about JPEG is which kinds of images to apply it to.
Generally speaking, JPEG is superior to GIF for storing full-color or
gray-scale images of "realistic" scenes; that means scanned photographs,
continuous-tone artwork, and similar material. Any smooth variation in
color, such as occurs in highlighted or shaded areas, will be represented
more faithfully and in less space by JPEG than by GIF.
GIF does significantly better on images with only a few distinct colors,
such as line drawings and simple cartoons. Not only is GIF lossless for
such images, but it often compresses them more than JPEG can. For example,
large areas of pixels that are all *exactly* the same color are compressed
very efficiently indeed by GIF. JPEG can't squeeze such data as much as GIF
does without introducing visible defects. (One implication of this is that
large single-color borders are quite cheap in GIF files, while they are best
avoided in JPEG files.)
Computer-drawn images, such as ray-traced scenes, usually fall between
photographs and cartoons in terms of complexity. The more complex and
subtly rendered the image, the more likely that JPEG will do well on it.
The same goes for semi-realistic artwork (fantasy drawings and such).
But icons that use only a few colors are handled better by GIF.
JPEG has a hard time with very sharp edges: a row of pure-black pixels
adjacent to a row of pure-white pixels, for example. Sharp edges tend to
come out blurred unless you use a very high quality setting. Edges this
sharp are rare in scanned photographs, but are fairly common in GIF files:
consider borders, overlaid text, etc. The blurriness is particularly
objectionable with text that's only a few pixels high. If you have a GIF
with a lot of small-size overlaid text, don't JPEG it. (If you want to
attach descriptive text to a JPEG image, put it in as a comment rather than
trying to overlay it on the image. Most recent JPEG software can deal with
textual comments in a JPEG file, although older viewers may just ignore the
comments.)
Plain black-and-white (two level) images should never be converted to JPEG;
they violate all of the conditions given above. You need at least about
16 gray levels before JPEG is useful for gray-scale images. It should also
be noted that GIF is lossless for gray-scale images of up to 256 levels,
while JPEG is not.
If you have a large library of GIF images, you may want to save space by
converting the GIFs to JPEG. This is trickier than it may seem --- even
when the GIFs contain photographic images, they are actually very poor
source material for JPEG, because the images have been color-reduced.
Non-photographic images should generally be left in GIF form. Good-quality
photographic GIFs can often be converted with no visible quality loss, but
only if you know what you are doing and you take the time to work on each
image individually. Otherwise you're likely to lose a lot of image quality
or waste a lot of disk space ... quite possibly both. Read sections 8 and 9
if you want to convert GIFs to JPEG.
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Parent document is top of "JPEG image compression FAQ, part 1/2"
Previous document is "[2] Why use JPEG?"
Next document is "[4] How well does JPEG compress images?"
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----- Original Message -----
From: michael arnoldi <marnoldi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: A.J. Maas <anthmaas@xxxxxx>
Sent: zaterdag 1 mei 1999 11:51
Subject: imaging programs
> "There are many good freeware imaging programs around, eg for free as
> well as for superb quality."
>
> any suggestions ?
>
> thanks.
> mike arnoldi
>
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