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Subject:Graphics for both PC and Mac From:"Jelinek, Jennifer" <JJelinek -at- PLYMOUTHWATER -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:24:47 -0600
> We've found there is a definite loss in image quality...especially if
> you're talking about detailed line drawings. I guess it all depends on the
> quality you're looking for.
>
> __________________________________________________________________________
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> Jennifer Jelinek
> Marketing Services Manager
> Plymouth Products, Inc. Sheboygan, WI
> jjelinek -at- plymouthwater -dot- com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lani Hardage [SMTP:lhardage -at- RMTECH -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 6:33 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Graphics for both PC and Mac
>
> Photoshop for the Mac has an option to save in PC format TIFF, which can
> be read by PC Photoshop. Another alternative is JPEG with no
> compression (100% quality, I think they call it). There is no loss in
> image quality, I believe. The format you choose will depend on how you
> will use the graphics (which program will incorporate them into yet some
> other format).
>
> Lani Hardage
> Documentation Manager
> Risk Management Technologies
> lhardage -at- rmtech -dot- com
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: Marilynne Smith[SMTP:marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM]
> > Reply To: Marilynne Smith
> > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 3:11 PM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> > Subject: Graphics for both PC and Mac
> >
> > My department uses both Maintosh and PC. We find that our graphics
> > are not
> > sharable between the two types of computer. Is there a standard or
> > method
> > that would give us good graphics from the same file in both Mac and
> > PC?
> >
>
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