Re: gEDA-user: Re: gEDA PCB Lib

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>]

On Jun 16, 2004, at 10:41 AM, Chad Robinson wrote:
> Is there a way to extract graphical representations from PCB 
> footprints, like a JPG or similar?
  Just FYI, JPG would be the absolute worst format for something like 
this.

  There's a reason why most JPG files storing non-"natural" images used 
on today's web sites look like crap, with lots of compression artifacts 
around sharp color transitions: JPG wasn't designed for this sort of 
image, and does not work well AT ALL on them.

  For stuff like this...fields of solid color and sharp color 
transitions...PNG is a far better choice, and will not have such 
artifacts.

  Leave JPG for what it was designed for...natural-scene images such as 
photographs.

        -Dave

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