AW: Is Photoshop a good tool for screenshots?(long)

Subject: AW: Is Photoshop a good tool for screenshots?(long)
From: Ballenberger Gerd <gerd -dot- ballenberger -at- siemens -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 17:08:19 +0200


David Knopf wrote: "... This is an oft repeated MYTH. Compression is
optional with the JPEG format..."

Seems this is true for JPEG 2000 (thanks for the hint!), but not for
"normal", old-fashioned JPEG?

I just saved a screenshot from IrfanView in three formats:
* standard JPEG, highest quality: 75 KB
* JPEG 2000, without compression: 29 KB (not bad!)
* GIF: 9 KB - better!

Gerd Ballenberger
Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany


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