Michael Leone on Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:20:04 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] which image transfer format?


Paul said:

> So, my answer is that I don't know.  8^)  A JPEG at 100% quality must be
>  better than it is at 75%, but I don't know if it's lossless.

Len can probably tell you for certain, but it's my understanding that
saving as JPEG loses information, whether the setting is 100% or not.
Every save in the JPEG format loses some data, because the JPEG algorithm
by definition loses some data.

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