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)