PNG vs GIF....Formatting issues for databases ;-)

[Dan Parvaz]

argh! I seem to have lost my PNGs. I guess I'll have to start again.

Valerie, one of the problems with the Mac finder is that it can "bottom
out" on file sizes at 4K. If you go to the terminal window and list the
true file information using "ls -l" or some similar command, you'll see
the files are *much* smaller -- some down to 100 bytes or so.

Cheers,

Dan.

On Dec 1, 2003, at 7:10 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> December 1, 2003
>
> I cannot seem to get the PNGs to be smaller than 4 K...What size are
> your PNGs for signs or symbols?...your sign for BELGIUM came in as 4 K
> on my computer before, Bart...
>
> My GIFs were already 4 K, so that is the same size and not smaller than
> the GIFs...
>
> But at least the PNGs are equal to GIFs now....I got the PNGs down from
> 44 K to 4 K by using a program called ImageReady, that comes with
> Photoshop 7...suddenly the SuperPNG PlugIn had an added feature in
> ImageReady, letting me get rid of Alpha...and that reduced the size to
> 4 K
>
> Val ;-)
>
> ------------------------
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2003, at 3:26 PM, Dan Parvaz wrote:
>
>>> It allows you to convert one image at a time by typing the following
>>> command
>>> in a shell:
>>> convert myimage.gif myimage.png
>>> You can do a lot more with shell scripting, but it's not so easy at
>>> first.
>>
>> Which is pretty much what I used with a command-line for... do loop in
>> bash.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dan.
>>