Re: GIF vs JPEG

Simon Mullenger TS House (sjm@roke.co.uk)
Wed, 1 Feb 1995 08:48:37 +0100

> Beware. On small images and computer generated images (particularly things
> like logos) JPEGs are larger, not smaller, than GIFs. Try it.
>
> ..., but not for everything (and particularly not without an alpha channel for masking).
>
> Kee Hinckley Utopia Inc. - Cyberspace Architects=81 617/721-4671
> nazgul@utopia.com http://www.utopia.com/

I agree. Logos and flat line art should not be subjected to a lossy compression technique such as JPEG.

Best Regards

Simon Mullenger
sjm@roke.co.uk