StarDestroyer.Net BBS

I'd like to know which image file type can keep the quality of BMPs?

i am drawing some starships of my own and i want to post them on the net,but jpg doesn't have a good quality and it screws the color....need help thanks.

PNG, TGA and many other formats exists that keep the quality.
And JPG will not have necessarily decrease image quality. Every better 2D programm offers options to adjust quality by simply using a slider.

Montcalm wrote:I'd like to know which image file type can keep the quality of BMPs?

i am drawing some starships of my own and i want to post them on the net,but jpg doesn't have a good quality and it screws the color....need help thanks.

Some packages (such as Paint Shop Pro, and possibly some of the free ones) allow you to vary the compression quality of your JPEGs . . . choosing the right trade-off between file size and image quality. Another format to consider is PNG format, which features lossless image compression, which given your apparent application, might be a better choice than JPEG anyway.

Antares wrote:PNG, TGA and many other formats exists that keep the quality.
And JPG will not have necessarily decrease image quality. Every better 2D programm offers options to adjust quality by simply using a slider.

Umm no, don't use TGA files for the web. A TGA (Truevision, Targa) file is uncompressed, just like a Windows bitmap.

Montcalm wrote:I'd like to know which image file type can keep the quality of BMPs?

i am drawing some starships of my own and i want to post them on the net,but jpg doesn't have a good quality and it screws the color....need help thanks.

what type of image program are you using? .jpg doesn't necessarily alter the quality, though it may fubar the color depending on your compression. alternatively, as someone else said png is a good format. given it's much more common than other alternate formatts, it might be a good choice.

I use Micro$oft Paint for most of my imaging stuff simply because I don't have anything better. And yes, it fucks up the quality. I've rejected several sig banners for this very reason. BTW, I'll try out .png and see how it works.
- Ra

Darth_Zod wrote:

Montcalm wrote:I'd like to know which image file type can keep the quality of BMPs?

i am drawing some starships of my own and i want to post them on the net,but jpg doesn't have a good quality and it screws the color....need help thanks.

what type of image program are you using? .jpg doesn't necessarily alter the quality, though it may fubar the color depending on your compression. alternatively, as someone else said png is a good format. given it's much more common than other alternate formatts, it might be a good choice.

I have IrfanView and XNView to do the basic,as for coloring i have the MSPaint,PaintBuster,ImageForge and Pixia which i use mostly.

.tif if it´s a print job.

Test


All i need to know now its how to make the backgrounf transparent.

Depending on your color depth, GIF is also a good option. If you've only got a few (like, 16-256 colors) in your image, GIF compression is perfect because it reduces the color palette to just a binary power color range. Nothing will get you smaller images of equal quality when color depth is a non-issue.

Montcalm wrote:Test
SNIP!

All i need to know now its how to make the backgrounf transparent.

I'd say that was a good test. Is that a spaceship I see?

EDIT: oops

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:

Montcalm wrote:Test
SNIP!

All i need to know now its how to make the backgrounf transparent.

I'd say that was a good test. Is that a spaceship I see?

EDIT: oops

You guessed right,and i think you have a competitor who's name is Maple Dog

Montcalm wrote:

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:

Montcalm wrote:Test
SNIP!

All i need to know now its how to make the backgrounf transparent.

I'd say that was a good test. Is that a spaceship I see?

EDIT: oops

You guessed right,and i think you have a competitor who's name is Maple Dog

Is that a bow shot? What verse-tech is it? Looks like Trek...

I'd recommend .gif for that, but since you want a transparent BG, only .png supports that.

AnimeJet wrote:I'd recommend .gif for that, but since you want a transparent BG, only .png supports that.

GIF supports it as well.

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: Is that a bow shot? What verse-tech is it? Looks like Trek...

My inspiration comes from sci-fi,it may look like a Trek ship but i'll stay at a realistic B5 level.

Once i'm done with all the ships i'm drawing,they'll go on my free site,which odly doesn't accept PNGs

Montcalm wrote:

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: Is that a bow shot? What verse-tech is it? Looks like Trek...

My inspiration comes from sci-fi,it may look like a Trek ship but i'll stay at a realistic B5 level.

Once i'm done with all the ships i'm drawing,they'll go on my free site,which odly doesn't accept PNGs

why not just use imageshack and simply link it on your free site?

AnimeJet wrote:I'd recommend .gif for that, but since you want a transparent BG, only .png supports that.

Besides .gif and .png a whole bunch of other formats such as .tga or .tif support transparency.