[swfmill] Does swfmill have any options for image compression?
mawe
mawe at typeofundefined.com
Mon May 5 09:49:15 PDT 2008
Mark Winterhalder schrieb:
> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:46 PM, mawe <mawe at typeofundefined.com> wrote:
>> I think these are jpeg artifacts, though really strong ones.
>>
>> Check it out here:
>> http://typeofundefined.com/stuff/screens/swf_png_low.png
>
> Oh, yes. That's /not/ lossless.
>
> So, I guess the answer is to use JPGs when you want better
> compression, PNG for lossless. I guess the only thing that could be
> done to make non-alpha PNGs smaller would be to check if the number of
> colors allows for less bits per pixel, the specs allow for 15 or 24.
> Even with alpha, there's also the option to use a table for colors,
> that allows for 256 colors and only 8 bits per pixel.
I want to add that the PNG preserve its full alpha capabilities, though it had been grilled by this
lossy compression. Means I can put something under it and this will show through. I can even animate
the whole thing, continuous transparency still works.
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