Zhann opened this issue on Nov 27, 2003 ยท 9 posts
Zhann posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 12:23 AM
Not to sound dense, but what is the difference (if any) between a PC jpg and a MAC jpg? I'm uploading to Turbo sqiud and I noticed several texture packs mentioning they had MAC compatible jpgs, I had never heard of this so I'm asking, anyone know?
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erosiaart posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 1:53 AM
Attached Link: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq/part1
Not really sure..but I think it has something to do with old browsers not being able to support a mac version of an image if originating from a PC and vice versa. Thry this URL
madmax_br5 posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 2:05 AM
don;t worry about it, eberything that any program will output is cross-platform nowadays.
danamo posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 2:23 AM
Hi Zhann, Happy Thanksgiving! I think it has something to do with Mac display cards applying gamma-correction while a lot of PC cards do not. Anyway, they have a pretty good explanation on the subject here:
madmax_br5 posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 2:56 AM
All this gamma is confusing....my mac-produced images usually look fine on other windows boxes, although maybe slightly less saturated. Not enough of a difference to warrant a big photoshop escapade for each image.
danamo posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 3:03 AM
Lol, I use both macs and PCs and I haven't noticed a big diff either.
Zhann posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 4:14 AM
Thanks guys, and Happy Thanksgiving ...:) You know I really didn't think there was any difference, or a least not so that it was that noticable, I've viewed stuff done on a MAC in jpg format that looks just fine, but it always pays to ask to make images better for everyone....:)
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janart posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 10:07 AM
Mac jpgs are more compressed than PC jpgs. This makes PCs unable to open them at times.
ysvry posted Thu, 27 November 2003 at 9:50 PM
thats bull jan