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2021-03-11 17:02
Madman

Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34
Screenshots

Might be discussed before, but why cant we upload JPEG images as screenshots? I mean its 2021 and everything?
2021-03-11 17:10
hedning

Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4720
<Post edited by hedning on 11/3-2021 17:10>

Screenshots are for pixel exact 320x200 C64 screenshots mainly with 16 colours. That's why. And it was made 1982-1992.

If you want a screenshot for non c64 stuff, just convert it to a png. Should be easy these days, as it's 2021, and everything. ;)
2021-03-11 17:10
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11352
because jpeg is terrible for pixel gfx
2021-03-11 17:26
Krill

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2969
Yes, this is not a compatibility issue ("its 2021 and everything"), it's simply not wanted for screenshots, for other technical reasons.

Transforming pixel graphics to the frequency domain, with their razor-sharp edges, will invariably result in crappy quality. Thus PNG et al.
2021-03-11 17:59
Madman

Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 34
Okay then.
2021-03-11 19:54
Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 657
Yeah, we always had a rule in work: JPEG for photos... PNG/GIF/BMP for anything with text or where definition is important. JPEG really doesn’t work well for lo-res images IMO...
2021-03-11 20:07
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5086
its not like back in the day we had razor sharp pixels on the CRTs :) but just nitpicking, png ofcourse.
2021-03-11 20:15
Krill

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2969
Oswald: Yeah, the arbitrary insistance on emulator-made images without any kind of scaling, effectively forbidding realthing pixel aspect ratio... different story. =)
2021-03-11 21:20
HCL

Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 727
JPEG for screenshot?!? You have to be a Madman to propose such a thing ;D
2021-03-12 22:12
TheRyk

Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2218
I ALSO was confused and thought I was a total expert of screenshots!

But then... Weak in Progress II

SCNR
2021-03-12 22:50
zzarko

Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 76
So, if I take a photo of real CRT/LCD screen, would that be allowed as a screenshot for a release? Could then JPG be allowed or should it be converted to PNG nevertheless? Or is only accepted option PNG from emulator?
 
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