


You can then use this “master” image as the source for any conversions. The best way to avoid this is to keep a “master” version of the image stored in a lossless format somewhere safe. Repeated conversion will therefore cause the image to degrade in quality each time it is performed.
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For example, if you are creating a plug-in, converting your images to JPEG2000 can greatly reduce the plug-in size (and therefore the download size) without significantly affecting the quality of the game components that the plug-in produces.īe aware that each time you convert an image to a lossy format, more information is lost. This can greatly reduce the size of whatever content you are producing. The answer is that lossy images of any substantial size are generally much smaller than their lossless counterparts. You may well wonder why anyone would bother with lossy formats if the image quality suffers. With lossy images, the lower the quality setting, the more information is lost, resulting in progressively smaller but less accurate files. The types of details that are dropped are based on which types of details the human visual system is least sensitive to. Instead, it tries to drop some details of the image in a way that allows the image to be compressed to a smaller file size. A lossy image does reproduce the original image exactly. The quality slider applies to lossy formats. Some of these may be disabled depending on the target format. Once satisfied, choose Convert and the new file will be saved in the project next to the original.
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As you alter the quality settings, a preview will update to show you what the new image will look like and allow you to compare the old and new file sizes. When converting an image, a dialog appears showing the available options. This can be used to recompress the file with a different quality setting or change other format options. You can “convert” an image to its current format. Right click on the image file in the project pane, choose Convert To, then choose the desired output format. You can also convert a few other image types (BMP, GIF) to one of the standard formats. Image files can be converted and (re)compressed between the standard Strange Eons image formats (PNG, JPEG, and JPEG2000).
