Comments on: My First and Last Webcomic http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/ { on programming and the internets, every monday } Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:39:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/comment-page-3/#comment-26563 Mike Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:59:36 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=172#comment-26563 A lot of casual web builders adopt a rule of thumb: "Save everything as a JPEG" or "save everything as a PNG." Wrong! PNG is good for one kind of image and JPEG is good for another, and you'll almost never find an image that will do just as well in PNG and JPEG. You can ruin an image and waste hours of work if you make the wrong choice, and most of the time there's no way to undo the damage. :) A lot of casual web builders adopt a rule of thumb: “Save everything as a JPEG” or “save everything as a PNG.” Wrong! PNG is good for one kind of image and JPEG is good for another, and you’ll almost never find an image that will do just as well in PNG and JPEG. You can ruin an image and waste hours of work if you make the wrong choice, and most of the time there’s no way to undo the damage. :)

]]> By: J http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/comment-page-3/#comment-26423 J Mon, 10 May 2010 18:43:25 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=172#comment-26423 you should stop using fucking MS paint to encode jpegs you should stop using fucking MS paint to encode jpegs

]]> By: mrsleep http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/comment-page-3/#comment-26393 mrsleep Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:25:05 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=172#comment-26393 The file format used in web comics only matters to other artists. The rest of us slobs could give a shit, we are just looking for some good writing. Christ, look at XKCD, its one of the best comics out there and its freaking stick figures, not even all that well drawn. The file format used in web comics only matters to other artists.
The rest of us slobs could give a shit, we are just looking for some good writing.
Christ, look at XKCD, its one of the best comics out there and its freaking stick figures, not even all that well drawn.

]]> By: student aid http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/comment-page-3/#comment-26222 student aid Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:00:03 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=172#comment-26222 Thanks for these formats. Thanks for these formats.

]]> By: Politics http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/comment-page-3/#comment-26221 Politics Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:45:13 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=172#comment-26221 Both are cute formats.It implies quite much, stuff that I care about. Sense of beauty, attention to detail, pride in their own work and tech savviness. Both are cute formats.It implies quite much, stuff that I care about. Sense of beauty, attention to detail, pride in their own work and tech savviness.

]]> By: Kalean http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/comment-page-3/#comment-25751 Kalean Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:50:27 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=172#comment-25751 Cute comic. Caused by repeated frustration, no doubt. I think the main reason everyone saves as a JPEG is simply because of how widely accepted the format is. Also people are lazy and tired all the time from the 2-3 jobs we all have to have now just to pay the bills. In fact, that's the reason I usually use lossless JPEG as an end-all format. Sure, lossless makes it huge, and tons of images would work better as PNGs by that format, efficiency wise. But as long as it still looks nice, clean, readable, and artifact free, I don't care how long it takes to download, and I know everyone will be able to view it, even if they're using Windows 3.1. Or Macintosh 'System 7' (Anyone remember that?) Either way though, I'm with you that people shouldn't just save everything as a 30% quality JPEG, but let's face it, people are dumb. People still think it's magic that I can make animated GIFs. Seriously. Cute comic. Caused by repeated frustration, no doubt.

I think the main reason everyone saves as a JPEG is simply because of how widely accepted the format is. Also people are lazy and tired all the time from the 2-3 jobs we all have to have now just to pay the bills.

In fact, that’s the reason I usually use lossless JPEG as an end-all format. Sure, lossless makes it huge, and tons of images would work better as PNGs by that format, efficiency wise. But as long as it still looks nice, clean, readable, and artifact free, I don’t care how long it takes to download, and I know everyone will be able to view it, even if they’re using Windows 3.1. Or Macintosh ‘System 7′ (Anyone remember that?)

Either way though, I’m with you that people shouldn’t just save everything as a 30% quality JPEG, but let’s face it, people are dumb. People still think it’s magic that I can make animated GIFs. Seriously.

]]> By: Glenn Randers-Pehrson http://lbrandy.com/blog/2008/10/my-first-and-last-webcomic/comment-page-3/#comment-25566 Glenn Randers-Pehrson Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:49:21 +0000 http://lbrandy.com/blog/?p=172#comment-25566 Nice comic. Do you mind if we use it on the PNG website? Glenn Randers-Pehrson libpng, pngcrush, PNG/MNG/JNG specs Nice comic. Do you mind if we use it on the PNG website?

Glenn Randers-Pehrson
libpng, pngcrush, PNG/MNG/JNG specs

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