Re: Archiving images and documents painlessly

Karen Greenwood (mailto:karen-greenwood@UIOWA.EDU)
Tue, 11 Jul 1995 15:45:30 -0500

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Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 1995 15:45:30 -0500
From: Karen Greenwood <mailto:karen-greenwood@UIOWA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Archiving images and documents painlessly
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB

Is there a difference between jpeg and jpg or are they the same standard?

>I can offer advice in the image file format category. Consider using JPG or at
>least GIF. First of all, these two are the most widely used file formats for
>imaging (closest you can get to a "standard"; just check WWW: the small images
>that are part of the page are usually GIF, while the larger, more detailed
>images are usually JPG). As such, JPG and GIF files are more readily
>transferable between users and programs. (If given a choice between JPG and
>GIF, I would definitely prefer JPG...).

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