It turns out the paintCompression is yet another property not in the properties array (YAPNITPA)...
On 23/02/2013, at 8:37 AM, Monte Goulding <mo...@sweattechnologies.com> wrote: > Ah... the paintCompression might be sufficient to use as an extension. It's > not perfect but it will probably do. > > Basically if someone imported a JPG I didn't think it would be suitable for > the VCS to export/import as png. If you say it would be ok then I'll run with > that. > > What I'm doing is each object will be represented by a folder and while most > properties will be exported as JSON I thought there are some properties that > would be better as separate files. The script is the prime example but an > image is another one. Also I'm considering the htmlText of a field may be > worthwhile as a separate property although that could get quite complicated > for unshared text in shared groups so might be best avoided. > > > On 23/02/2013, at 8:22 AM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >> You can probably use the paintCompression property to check the image >> type. It might also help to know that PNG is essentially lossless -- you >> shouldn't lose any image data using this format. You may find that >> dealing with the gamma of PNG images is something of a black art and can >> cause subtle changes in how an image is displayed. But this is true for >> the many apps that save/display PNGs, as well as LC, so it may not be an >> issue. > > -- > Monte Goulding > > M E R Goulding - software development services > mergExt - There's an external for that! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
