That¹s a good point. The main thing is to use a format that is lossless and easily converted.
Next question. Does anyone know how to get a PieceInfo Dictionary (if it exists) out of a PDFDocument or PDFPage? Do I have to go outside of Cocoa to get this? On 8/2/13 12:28 PM, "Jens Alfke" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Alex Zavatone <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> The only difference between the various bitmap image formats is the space >>> they take up on disk, and whether they use lossy or lossless compression on >>> disk. If you want to make sure no data is lost, a losslessly compressed or >>> uncompressed TIFF is the safest choice. >> >> Why not PNG? PNG data chunks for image chunks use zip compression that's >> lossless. > > Also, these days I believe more apps (especially cross-platform) can read PNG > than TIFF. For example, you can use PNG images in web pages but not TIFFs. > > Jens > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
