Re: ZIP BMP

by Louis Lubbers <lists(at)netadvies.nl>

Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 1998 02:52:25 +0100
To:	hwg-graphics(at)mail.hwg.org
Cc:	"Collin Lim" <collinlim(at)hotmail.com>
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>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:01:00 PST
>From: "Collin Lim" <collinlim(at)hotmail.com>
>Subject: ZIP BMP
>
>Hi List:
>
>I want to provide an image file on the server for viewers to download.  
>Since this file is intended for print use, keeping the file in high 
>resolution is necessary.  I chose to use BMP format.  To conserve space, 
>I had compressed the file using Winzip.  It turns out the compression 
>ratio is very high: 15MB down to 42KB.  This sounds too good to be true.  
>Can anyone tell me if this is a lossy process.  I can't detect any loss

pkzip (winzip) is always lossless, no matter what you compress.

Louis, Netadvies.

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