Thread: What should the dimensions of an ebook cover image be?
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Old 07-20-2013, 03:32 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
PNG or JPG, depending on the kind of image, and whether JPG artifacts are acceptable or not.

BMP -> never: uncompressed, not supported by ePub
GIF -> never: only 256 colours max, not supported by ePub
TIFF -> never: not supported by ePub
TGA -> never: not supported by ePub
GIF is supported by ePub. The 256 color palette is generally plenty. See http://www.idpf.org/epub/20/spec/OPS...m#Section2.3.4

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