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What is your prefered image format?
2004-10-12, 2:52 PM #1
I personally like to use TGA for when doing textures for games. Both Jedi Academy and the lith tech engine use the format (lithtech actually uses DTX but they are usually converted from TGA images). Unlike BMP, TGA saves an alpha channel and doesn't lose image quality like JPG does. I guess PNG is the same thing but I don't really see an avantage to use that format, AFAIK. Even though Jedi Academy can use PNG, PNG doesn't seem to want to load up in modview or md3view so TGA is preferred because of it. When it comes to just making images for web design, JPG is best when there is no need transparency. GIF is what I would use instead for images with transparency.
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2004-10-12, 2:58 PM #2
I voted for JPG, because the only images I use are for the web, and JPG is by far the best for online.
2004-10-12, 3:02 PM #3
Although I use TGAs for textures that need alpha channels and GIFs for some web graphics, it's still JPG. That's the format for digital photos, most of textures, most of my web images... you name it.
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2004-10-12, 3:03 PM #4
Quote:
Originally posted by Vincent Valentine
I voted for JPG, because the only images I use are for the web, and JPG is by far the best for online.
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2004-10-12, 3:07 PM #5
Quote:
Originally posted by Vincent Valentine
I voted for JPG, because the only images I use are for the web, and JPG is by far the best for online.


That's not quite true.

If you are using images with a lot of solid colour, then png's or gif's are best. They're loss-less compression too :D For photos, or images with little or no areas of solid colours, then yeah Jpegs are the best.
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2004-10-12, 3:16 PM #6
That's true, but most of my images are photos or screenshots, so GIF doesn't work out so well.

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2004-10-12, 3:18 PM #7
i like .gif
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2004-10-12, 3:37 PM #8
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Originally posted by Vincent Valentine
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2004-10-12, 4:00 PM #9
jpeg for general use and TIF if I want an uncompressed file.
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2004-10-12, 4:04 PM #10
That's a really weird question because different image formats were specifically designed for different reasons. Do I need a simple animation? gif is the way to go. General-purpose web image? jpg. Do I want full color/quality? bmp. For something like tetures for JA, I would probably use png. No image format is "better". They all have different purposes.
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2004-10-12, 4:28 PM #11
PNG is awesome for web, I wish all browsers supported it. It supports translucency, unlike GIFs. Which means you can do some pretty dang cool stuff with it, like buttons and images that actually blend and fade into the website's BG.

JPG is also useful, for the larger and more colorful pictures.
2004-10-12, 5:20 PM #12
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
No image format is "better". They all have different purposes.


Umm... did the poll question ask what you think is "better"? Try reading the question first before posting.
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2004-10-12, 6:06 PM #13
Every image format has its uses, of course, but I usually use PNG.
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2004-10-12, 6:29 PM #14
If a majority of people weren't still caught in the past of IE, I'd use only PNGs.

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2004-10-12, 7:10 PM #15
PNG/MNG and JPEG would be my choice for games, JPEG, GIF and PNG for web graphics. Actually replace JPEG with that new JPEG 2000, not sure if that is or will go anywhere though.
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2004-10-13, 6:47 AM #16
Most of the time I use GIFs for Word Documents as they don't take up a lot of space. Well to be honest its the only format (apart from BMPs) that supports basic pictures
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2004-10-13, 7:12 AM #17
PNG > YOU
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2004-10-13, 8:27 AM #18
Quote:
Originally posted by TheJkWhoSaysNi
If you are using images with a lot of solid colour, then png's or gif's are best. They're loss-less compression too


JPG can be loss-less, too. It just depends on what compression you use.

I can't really decide what to choose, because they all have their uses.

I think I'll take XCF (if the Option is available).
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2004-10-13, 9:51 AM #19
I find that jpg often makes things slightly fuzzy, especially text, so I prefer gif unless the colour depth reduction is a huge problem.
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2004-10-13, 11:09 AM #20
Unless I'm using an animation or transparency, JPG wins... for Blender, for 3DRAD, for the intarweb... EVERYTHING, DAMNIT!!!!

(At least for the final image format. Stuff in the working process I might vary, depending.)
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2004-10-13, 11:09 AM #21
Quote:
Originally posted by Mort-Hog
I find that jpg often makes things slightly fuzzy...
Use different compression level.
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2004-10-13, 11:14 AM #22
Vote PNG for 65 million color no-loss, alpha channeled images!
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2004-10-13, 11:35 AM #23
Quote:
Originally posted by ******
Vote PNG for 65 million color no-loss, alpha channeled images!

Same here. PNGs are lossless, and compress very well, as having the option for many features. It annoys me that IE cannot use PNGs, though... (For the NTG image I posted, the orignal one was PNG, and I suggested how to view it without using a real browser) However, I do use JPGs for often, as most people still use IE... (not to mention, Ie is the onyl choice for 90% of the computers on campus, the other 10% have Firefox as well;) )

As for quality, you can have JPGs that are virtually lossless... Such as the screenies of my work; the quality level was set to 70%, and set to tripple progressive overscan. The result: images have no visible flaws (from an absolute perspective), and they take up very little space (one of the 640x480 shots was some 17kb)
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2004-10-14, 3:43 AM #24
JPG, after that GIF.
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2004-10-14, 11:04 AM #25
I prefer PNG. If IE ramped up its alpha channel support, it would really be in business.
2004-10-14, 12:22 PM #26
I do think that the only mark against PNGs are the fact that Microsoft refuses to include support for them in IE, as well as MSPaint. BTW, does anybody know what MSPaint's settings for JPG conversion are? It looks like crap (as in minimum settings), though it cuts the size down by perhaps 60% at best; The JPGs I post are have a file size reduction between 90% and 99% (I'd say the average has been arround 94%)
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2004-10-14, 1:48 PM #27
Haha, NO ONE likes PSP
2004-10-14, 2:53 PM #28
id say png except that photoshop doesn't seem to make them right for me, they're always off-color
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2004-10-14, 4:43 PM #29
JPG
2004-10-14, 5:21 PM #30
Quote:
Originally posted by ******
Vote PNG for 65 million color no-loss, alpha channeled images!


PNG > *
2004-10-14, 5:28 PM #31
Quote:
Originally posted by Mikus
Haha, NO ONE likes PSP


I use it for when I'm working with multiple layers, but when I want to actually export it to use on the web, I always use JPEG. Why on Earth would you use .PSP otherwise?
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2004-10-14, 5:36 PM #32
I should start working in PNG.
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2004-10-14, 10:01 PM #33
You people do release that PNG and TGA are practically the same thing since they both are lossless, 65 million colors, and and alpha channel supported.
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2004-10-14, 11:00 PM #34
Except PNG makes smaller files. I didn't realize it till I tried...
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