Definitely for the techies!

searcher 52 · Post by **searcher 52** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:41 pm

I recently got an email from Scotlands People announcing further improvements to the service (as if it wasn't pure dead brilliant already by the way!)

Amongst these was mention about how you can customise the compression level of the images you view/download.

Without a complex explanation should I be like Goldilocks avoiding too low, too high and picking medium? Thus far my compression setting has been low but I wonder if that is best.

All I want at the end of the day is a nice crisp image to view and if need be print off.

Andrew

Post by **AndrewP** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:55 pm

My own opinion is to go for the least compression to give the best viewing and printing results. I would only go for more compression if lack of disk space was an issue.

All the best,

AndrewP

ColinWH · Post by **ColinWH** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:00 pm

If you have a reasonable Internet connection, always go for the minimum compression possible. You can always compress it yourself, if you ever have a shortage of space, but that just about always looses some of the detail, which can never be replaced.
Don't forget also, that any pictures etc saved with the .JPEG extension, will also always loose information each and every time they are opened and closed.

Colin