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Posted by dorayme on 12/21/07 20:38
In article <fkfio8$6ug$1@aioe.org>,
"Nik Coughlin" <nrkn.com@gmail.com> wrote:
> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-F95A67.08495221122007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> > In article <fkemgn$qoc$1@aioe.org>,
> > "Nik Coughlin" <nrkn.com@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "Bergamot" <bergamot@visi.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5sv7luF1am060U1@mid.individual.net...
> >> > John Doe wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I planned to use jpg or png,
> >> >> both widely used since eons on the web and afaik both bitmap graphic
> >> >> formats ;-)
> >> >
> >> > png could be a vector or bitmap image, though vector images should
> >> > probably be converted to bitmap for web use.
> >>
> >> png can't be a vector image. A rasterisation of a vector image, but not
> >> a
> >> vector image.
> >
> > I would have thought Bergamot right?
> >
> > At least a .png file can often contain vector objects. I always
> > keep master files of some things I do in Fireworks in the native
> > saved format with layers, text and other vector objects. I export
> > them for the web into various formats including png. What is
> > exported are also .png files. These latter are not vector
> > carriers though.
>
> Fireworks saves the vector data into the png metadata. It's not part of the
> png standard. You could save vector data into mp3 using metadata. The png
> format itself doesn't support vectors.
I understand what you are saying and you provide me with a
language to say things (metadata).
In the experiments of yesterday, the browser was ignoring the
metadata. Jonathan could not use this metadata because he did not
have FW.
I still see Bergamot's words as fitting a natural truth. It is
just that there are complications in the interpretation.
--
dorayme
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