Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: JPEG compression errors ?! Message-ID: <1991Jun5.234505.21532@qualcomm.com> Date: 5 Jun 91 23:45:05 GMT References: <1991Jun4.223719.2958@qualcomm.com> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: cancun.qualcomm.com In article d88-jwa@byse.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes: >Look at it this way: the GIF you have must come from somewhere. From >what I know, there are no GIF-generating scanners, no, they generate >24bit images which have to be quantified and color-index-coded into >gif images. Why not go after the sources ? Because currently there are so many more GIFs available than there are 24-bit files, including ones that I need that I can never get the originals to, most likely. When I can, I JPEG from the 24-bit files. When I can't, well it will work on the GIFs. -- Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks. | Ron Dippold