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by MaxSt
Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:34 am
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: resizing algorithms
Replies: 9
Views: 28620

Re: resizing algorithms

I think most of the resizing algorithms are written specifically for enlarging.
by MaxSt
Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:03 am
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: iPhone Flavor of PNG format
Replies: 26
Views: 16059

Re: Iphone Flavor of PNG format

Let's wait what they say to Apple's "PNG" ...

The difference is that Apple wants to patent this "invention". I'm not kidding: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20100211553
Not surprisingly, PNG group thinks the "invention" is dumb, and PNG specs qualifies as prior art.

Maybe ... Internet is ...
by MaxSt
Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:15 pm
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: iPhone Flavor of PNG format
Replies: 26
Views: 16059

Re: Iphone Flavor of PNG format

They tried to do it "legally and smoothly" but still APNG breaks the purpose of PNG "to store a single static image".

It could be their wish, but they forgot to make specific rules about what kind of information is forbidden in third-party chunks. Without such rules, I could embed mp3 inside, if ...
by MaxSt
Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:08 am
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: iPhone Flavor of PNG format
Replies: 26
Views: 16059

Re: Iphone Flavor of PNG format

APNG is NOT PNG. It also breaks the PNG spec

No it's not. PNG specs allows third-party chunks extensions. If a third-party follows those chunk-naming rules, you cannot accuse them of breaking anything.

APNG has been rejected by the PNG developers

Not unanimously. Some PNG developers love it ...
by MaxSt
Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:46 am
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: iPhone Flavor of PNG format
Replies: 26
Views: 16059

Re: iPhone Flavor of PNG format

JohnFredC wrote:The iPhone is enormously popular. Silly not to support image formats that it supports, bastardized or not.
Let's support regular PNG fully first.
by MaxSt
Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:56 pm
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: iPhone Flavor of PNG format
Replies: 26
Views: 16059

Re: iPhone Flavor of PNG format

1. Colormode 4 = "greyscale with alpha"

2. Some APNG examples: http://animatedpng.com/index.php/news/f ... g-samples/
by MaxSt
Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:45 am
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: iPhone Flavor of PNG format
Replies: 26
Views: 16059

Re: Iphone Flavor of PNG format

Yeah, lets implement normal PNG completely (some features are still missing), before supporting this abomination.
by MaxSt
Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:50 am
Forum: Classic - Bug Reports
Topic: animation flickers
Replies: 3
Views: 1272

animation flickers

This one:

Image
by MaxSt
Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:01 am
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: question about levels and curves
Replies: 4
Views: 1141

Re: question about levels and curves

BabaG wrote:gimp allows me to set three points in the levels tool, one each for black, mids, whites.
xnview (or, at least, the version i've been on) only allows for black and white. is this
still the case?
Yeah, I miss 3-points levels too.

2-points is not enough. Middle point is important.
by MaxSt
Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:52 am
Forum: Classic - Bug Reports
Topic: new APNG bug in 1.97.1
Replies: 4
Views: 2702

Re: new APNG bug in 1.97.1

1.97.4 - fixed. Thank you.
by MaxSt
Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:51 am
Forum: XnView Pocket
Topic: XnView must go Opensource!
Replies: 11
Views: 28850

Re: XnView must go Opensource!

While we were busy arguing, Pierre fixed it in 1.97.4. :D

But what I mentioned as "low priority" is regular PNG files. I posted this one year ago:

http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17474

Even Windows internal viewer and IE render both images correctly.
by MaxSt
Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:19 am
Forum: XnView Pocket
Topic: XnView must go Opensource!
Replies: 11
Views: 28850

Re: XnView must go Opensource!

OK, let's take a look at this bug:

http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19477

It's the same bug in both Firefox and XnView.

We have now 3 versions of XnView with this bug, with almost to response. All it takes is to go back to the older code, because it worked fine before.

In Firefox ...
by MaxSt
Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:08 am
Forum: XnView Pocket
Topic: XnView must go Opensource!
Replies: 11
Views: 28850

Re: XnView must go Opensource!

disagree
OS software has no responsibility. There are hundreds of firefox bugs that are too 'boring' to fix or have been abandoned over the years.
a responsive owner of xnview gives us much better software than OSS's "someone else will fix it" mentality.

Both approaches have problems.

1. I ...
by MaxSt
Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:05 am
Forum: Classic - Bug Reports
Topic: new APNG bug in 1.97.1
Replies: 4
Views: 2702

Re: new APNG bug in 1.97.1

1.97.3 - Still not fixed.
by MaxSt
Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:01 pm
Forum: Classic - General Support
Topic: How to (almost) lossless rotate *.jpg pictures ?
Replies: 14
Views: 3827

Re: How to (almost) lossless rotate *.jpg pictures ?

Tools -> Jpeg Lossless ?