Re: JPG Question

by simone(at)genesisnetwork.net (Demitrius)

Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 1998 17:03:55 -0800
To:	"Michael Abramovich" <mabram(at)balance.com.au>
Cc:	<hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
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Hi Michael,

>I have a vague feeling in the back of my mind that a gif file doesn't have
to be
>256 colours. Would anybody who knows comment on this please.

A GIF file can - and in most cases *should* - have less than 256 colors. I
*always* reduce the number of colors to as few as possible that will render
the image well and yet provide a small file size.

For me, download time is mission critical. Sure, image quality is too, but
they *both* count. It's a balance.

Regards,
Demitrius >I<
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