Subject: Re: Drawings as 10kb /full screen

From: Jay Hayes <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 21:51:11 -0800

Tom wrote:
> 
> If you have a drawing that you would like to post save it as a
> 16color or 2 color gif
> if using paintshop pro in save as dialog box access options.
> make sure do not save any transparency information.that way gif
> will be black +white in netscape and not black and transparent or
> black and gray if gray your default background color.
> save as interlaced will load picture every 8th line(looks like coming
> into focus)
> all told a small news posting and gif should be 10kb or 4-8 seconds to
> load.
> gif's are the most efficent at lower colors.i know of no format that
> is better.
> sending example 6kb gif as file attachment
> 
>     ---------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Tom,

I think you've got a great solution for making graphics available to the
NG while keeping band width down. I printed out a copy of your post but
the image did not print. What is the easiest way to print out a copy of
a post with the image?

Jay

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From: Tom <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 19:36:06 -0500