[Coco] Re: File extensions

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/20/04 3:20:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
alxevans at concentric.net writes:

> Photoshop just calls the photoshop files, the extension they use is 
>  typically PDS or PDD.

Right, PDD sounds familiar.  If you try to view them on other photo programs, 
they show up tiny and very bluish.  And they're huge, so I don't keep them 
around.

>  For true color files PiNG is pretty good if you want lossless 
>  compression.  (Actually it is nearly always a better choice than GIF).

How does PiNG (aka PNG) compare with JPEG?  ISTR trying it once or twice, but 
wasn't impressed one way or the other.  I also STR that PNG is patent-free, 
so Linux programs can use it -- which seems to be its main raison d'etre.  
--Mike K.