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<EM>&gt; the format to be
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<EM>&gt; portable so that it can be used by all software.
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<EM>&gt; Are there other
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<EM>&gt; considerations that I have neglected?
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<P>tiff can save arbritary information in &quot;tags&quot; which
<BR>
sometimes other programs cant read, for example a tiff
<BR>
saved in photoshop has a pair that gimp cant read. but
<BR>
this can save information like an ICC profile or gamma
<BR>
information. png is probably the smallest portable
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format, but the only thing it saves besides pixel data
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is gamma. another advantage of tiff is the ability to
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store more than one image in a file. an image viewer
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can use this to read/write thumbnails and the like.
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<P>gif is also a bad choice because of its limited color
<BR>
depth (256 color pallet). if you want to avoid
<BR>
proprietary nastiness make sure you dont save tiffs
<BR>
with LZW compression. PNM is simply the easiest format
<BR>
to read/write and probably the most portable since
<BR>
images can be stored in plain text.
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<P>overall, tif is the most flexible and should probably
<BR>
be your default, with png for when you need smaller
<BR>
file sizes.
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