BMP or JPG?
What to save?
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 by DarkDesign | Discussion: Wallpapers
Got a small question about wallpapers i always save them in jpg cause the file is smaller.
Quality is of jpg and bmp are the same or almost the same.
but why(if you do it at all) do you save a wallpaper in bmp what are the advantages?
Cheers,
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:10 PM
when i upload my wallpapers it says .jpg for preview then .bmp (zip) to upload - now i am confused coz i have slavishly followed the instructions...... am starting to feel a bit like a sheep lol
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:15 PM
Yep use Jpg for both. If you must use a bmp... zip it first.. as this compresses the filesize.
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:02 PM
Yeah, I've been uploading .bmp, then teddybearcholla
told me I could use JPG
I wish it had said that where it says BMP.ZIP
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:42 PM
lol well its a bit confusing and i have wasted lots of time making .bmps and zipping em lol
Reply #9 Friday, January 30, 2009 7:40 PM
generally i save my wallpaper creations as .jpg files, if i really want to retain the data embedded within the file for very lossless quality i go with .png, its a much larger file format sometimes 2 or 3 times the .jpg size, but if you want to maintain the quality i find it the best to go with.
i havent really used .bmp much or ever for that matter, so i cant speak directly to the quality it retains, i found a great article after a lil googling, it gives some great detail on file formats (JPG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, BMP) heck! even i learned a bit and is definately worth the read, with some really great examples as well..
http://www.wfu.edu/~matthews/misc/graphics/formats/formats.html
peas
cityboy
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Reply #1 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:30 PM
Use jpg. There is no good reason to use a bmp in this day and age.