#JPEG vs. GIF
I just wanted to comment how much I like JPEG files, viewed with the JFIF as
opposed to GIF files viewed with the ZGIF datatype. I don't know if this is a
reflection of the superiority of JPEG as compared to GIF and a graphics format,
or if the JFIF datatype is superior to the ZGIF one. My main problem it that
because I am using an A2000, I am limited to 16 colors in hires-interlaced
mode. JFIF does an excellent job in remapping images to 16 colors. I recently
go a picture of Stonhenge of the USENET, and athough the colors of the sky and
clouds where off, the part of the image including the ground and Stonhenge
itself are truly remarkable. I suspect the if I used the Full size histogram
and Slow IDCT options of the JFIF datatype, I might have even gotten the clouds
right.
Of course in the image in question, the ground and the stones are are a shade
of brown, so the image was well suited for conversion to an small number of
colors, but I still am very impressed with JPEG/JFIF.
GIF images of anything with a large number of colors that are in any ditered,
on the other hand, always seem graining and the colors seem off. GIF seems ok
for simple graphics, like logos, but for complicated images GIF seems
inadequate.
Comments???
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