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Originally Posted by BetterRed
@ Tex2002ans - my smart screen capture gadget (the one I use for tricky things) produces bloated pngs and I wont be retiring it after the decades of loyal, sterling service its given me.
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Besides which and most importantly I go out of my way to be uncool  |
Just requires some extra basic processing afterwards, or just running the PNG through a simple optimization program which will strip out a lot of the cruft/bloat that crappy PNG generators make (I personally settled on ScriptPNG on Windows, although many others run OptiPNG, PNGCrush, etc. etc.). I am always tweaking the images in GIMP anyway (adding in those orange highlights to point out certain areas).
I must admit though, I do Index the PNGs to <256 colors usually, to chop out a heck of a lot more space (creates tiny bit of banding on gradients, which I find infinitely better than hideous pixelation/haloing around text/important stuff). Although even when you just stick with a full RGB PNG, it still should still just be a fraction of the filesize of the JPG.
This is all my eyes see whenever I see JPG (this is a zoomed in section of the image below, comparing a JPG (90 quality) + PNG):
As you can see, even at 90 quality, the JPG artifacting gets unsightly!
Remember, JPG was designed for "natural" photos (trees, people, buildings, etc. etc.), while PNG is vastly superior for "artificial" images (graphs, charts, formulas, screenshots, etc. etc.).
Side Note: Everyone, tell BetterRed that is it UNCOOL to use PNG.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Now you draw my attention to the issue, I have discovered a setting to avoid the default JPG (what scandal is this) and save them as PNG.  |
Now all the cool people need to learn how to insert attachments into the middle of posts where relevant. Instead of just leaving them appended at the very end. When you are typing a post in the "Advanced Editor", you see that little arrow next to the paper clip?
You click on the image you want to insert, and MobileRead will then place some attach code, which you can then cut/paste anywhere in your post where you want the image to show up. Really helpful when trying to do tutorial type stuff (or just showing off examples, etc. etc.).