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I should have clarified: I'm lookin strictly to improve the image
quality of my photographs on websites. When I save for web and devices
through Photoshop, photos retain the perceptual quality even at the
smaller file size.
The GIMP algorithm is different. I haven't found the ideal settings to
use to export photos at the same image sizes, yet retain their
saturation and clarity.
As a standard PNG works for flat colour images, and images with transparency.
-Tony
On 2012-01-21, at 5:41 AM, "jimmy -at- breck-mckye -dot- com"
<jimmy -at- breck-mckye -dot- com> wrote:
> I assume you're outputting JPEGs or some other lossy format. Why not use a lossless format like PNG? If you're worried about filesize, PNGs should compress better than JPEGs for images like screenshots or diagrams, because of the small number of colours. In fact, if you have less than 255 colours in your image, and no need for 'variable' transparency, you can save even more space by compressing to PNG-8 rather than PNG-24. And being lossless, it will look better than *any* JPEG - no matter what quality setting.
>
> On 21.01.2012 04:20, Tony Chung wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>> I learn a lot about new tech from this group, especially when it comes to
>>> open source tools (such as GIMP).
>>
>>
>> On this note, I'm on the hunt for an open source or free raster
>> image/bitmap editor with the quality of Photoshop but none of the
>> hangups of GIMP. I like GIMP, and would be willing to put up with its
>> UI idiosyncrasies if its export quality wasn't so horrible. Even at
>> the highest quality setting, GIMP saves images that are more blurry.
>> Photoshop generates crisper images.
>>
>> I haven't asked around, and I haven't looked on
>> http://portableapps.com . I could explore a lot of different editors,
>> but I thought polling the hive to see if there might be something I
>> haven't thought of.
>>
>> The key requirements are that it should not need to be installed, nor
>> should it access the system layer. I prefer programs that I can save
>> on a USB key. Java-based applications are okay. I link to a Java
>> library on my key to run Freemind.
>>
>> Bonus: Is there also a port, or even a different application, that
>> works on a Mac?
>>
>> Send me your experience!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Tony
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