Paul,
Jpeg's use a compression algorithm to convert raw images into a smaller, but
fairly good reproductions of the original.
I believe XPM is considered an uncompressed image format. I remember reading
something once about compressing XPM files using gzip and still making them
readable by various applications -- whether or not this is true, I cannot
say.
Here is a link to info on the XPM graphic format:
http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/lehors/xpm.html
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul M Foster [mailto:paulf@quillandmouse.com]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:01 AM
To: SLUG List
Subject: [SLUG] Graphics formats
I had a small 41k jpeg that I turned into an XPM using The Gimp. When I
did, it swelled to 1.4M. Yikes! I don't know that much about graphics
formats, but without destroying the clarity, color, etc. of the image,
is there any way to lessen its size while keeping it an XPM?
Paul
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