2006/4/27, andrey mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com>:
>
> i don't care much about gif, but JPG achieves the small file size by
> being lossy. for a test open up a JPG image in gimp or whatever editor
> and save it again, but increase the level to 100% (instead of the
> usual 85 or 90):
>
> -rw-r--r--   1 andrey  andrey  1125261 Apr 27 00:28 IMG_3735-1.jpg
> -rw-r--r--   1 andrey  andrey   446941 Apr 26 17:18 IMG_3735.JPG
>
> (the images are otherwise unaltered)


Keep on mind that jpeg with 100% quality is also lossy.