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BMP or JPG?

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November 12, 2008 8:24:23 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

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?

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ZubaZ
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Reply #1 November 12, 2008 8:30:52 PM
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Use jpg.  There is no good reason to use a bmp in this day and age.

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Reply #2 November 12, 2008 8:46:46 PM
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Thanks

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Reply #3 January 21, 2009 1:10:00 PM
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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

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Reply #4 January 21, 2009 2:49:05 PM
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Use Jpg.

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Reply #5 January 21, 2009 3:15:56 PM
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it says .jpg for preview then .bmp (zip) to upload

 

Yep use Jpg for both. If you must use a bmp... zip it first.. as this compresses the filesize.

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Reply #6 January 21, 2009 6:02:29 PM
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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

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Reply #7 January 21, 2009 6:42:59 PM
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lol well its a bit confusing and i have wasted lots of time making .bmps and zipping em   lol

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Reply #8 January 21, 2009 6:45:03 PM
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Quoting loukeeya,
reply 7
lol well its a bit confusing and i have wasted lots of time making .bmps and zipping em   lol

Welcome to the club , it's good to know now though, that we don't need to upload huge .bmp files

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Reply #9 January 30, 2009 7:40:42 PM
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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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