Re: 24 bit-per-pixel thread

[individual <individual mi cl>]

On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 02:34 PM, Juan Pablo wrote:
> So i do not recomend using a jpg to store cientific data, instead BMP 
> is
> so basic that there is no way to loose data (tiff can be saved as 
> jpeg:)

Yes, this whole initiative started last year with my use of the PNG 
format, which implements lossless compression. I was trying to make 
plotting 2D data as easy as it is in BASIC, while at the same time 
trying to make the images the storage for the simulation/scientific 
data itself.


> So i recommend you to use all the bits you want per pixel in an 
> internal
> data structure (array) and then shift to 8bpp to display it :)

And that's what I've decided to do, thanks to the generous help of this 
mailing list!


Paul