Re: [APML] PS-LZW compression?

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

At 10:48 PM 12/7/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>I spent many hours working on compositing and other
>fun things today. As I was closing the file in PS as a
>tiff, a box came up and asked if I wanted to use 'LZW
>Compression'. My brother advised yes, but he does web
>pages not AP. Any thoughts on LZW?


LZW can be used for lossless compression that gives about a 2:1 file size 
reduction, however it is not recommended to use it as people have reported 
problems with it in the past.

LZW tiffs won't be read by web browsers anyway, you need to use JPEG for that.

Jerry



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