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by johnoyler
2014-08-19T19:26:39-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...
Replies: 8
Views: 2431

Re: Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...

I've ran into a slight problem. I am confident that IM is creating a valid and correct png, but my preferred viewing software is acting dorky. The files that happen to have black/000 at index 0 in the color map/index appear correct, but those that have white/fff at index 0 appear inverted in the ...
by johnoyler
2014-08-18T20:11:13-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...
Replies: 8
Views: 2431

Re: Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...

Wow. I thought you must have had it wrong until I tried it... 2 colors is enough for this to work.

I bet even more could be shaved off if I could clean up the shadow on the righthand side.

Thank you, this is a big help.
by johnoyler
2014-08-18T18:34:14-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...
Replies: 8
Views: 2431

Re: Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...

http://i.imgur.com/0ulsipl.jpg As you can see, there's alot of speckling. The despeckle filter in Gimp just makes a mess of it. Adobe's own filter did little better... we got the best results just converting it (in Photoshop) to gif. I don't intend to OCR these, so don't worry about that as a ...
by johnoyler
2014-08-18T17:15:47-07:00
Forum: Users
Topic: Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...
Replies: 8
Views: 2431

Optimal settings for jpeg->gif conversion...

I have many 1500x2200 monochrome jpegs. These are scans of text documents, and they range in size from about 600k on up to around 1meg. I'd like to reduce the filesize without losing (much) clarity, and I suspect gifs might be ideal for this. A friend at work helped me run a test, and using Adobe ...