From:	Mark Imbriaco <mark@**.ODU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Shadowlore
Date:	Wed, 9 Feb 1994 10:01:59 -0500

On Tue, 8 Feb 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> Ok, I did some experiments this evening.
>
> The postscript output, espicially if we put in scanned artwork (and two
> people have already written asking to contribute artwork). Even if I
> scan them at a low resolution (say 150 or 300 DPI), they will still
> produce a very large file.
>
> As an example, I postscriptized a 1" x 1" 600dpi greyscale image. Size
> of postscripted output? 1.7 megs. I suppose if I shrunk it down to 300
> dpi, perhaps what would become .9 megs.
>
> Now, I personally don't have a problem with large files, but if we put in
> more than, say, a dozen pictures, we could end up with a 10MB file.
>
> This isn't good.
>
> Anyone have any opinions? Should I forget the scanned images and jsut
> stick with text and formatting, or shoudl I go for it?

Check the program you are using, and see if you can output to black
& white dithered files. They reduce the disk space dramatically. If
that doesn't support it, you can save the stuff into .gif format, and one
of us on the list with access the XV can convert it down. Most of the
images are just going to be line art anyway, right?

Mark