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<blockquote data-quote="dtownley1" data-source="post: 268258" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>most likely, it's the file format. A bitmap image (if I recall correctly...) only has information for black and white - with no tones in between. Tiff files are different, and can allow millions of colours - they're also used for high quality image files where compression isn't wanted. If you want smaller file sizes for bitmap images, consider jpg, png or even gif. Gif images are limited to 256 colours (with some apps allowing for customisation of the colour palette) but larger images can have very large file sizes. In a lot of cases, png can have smaller filesizes than jpg, and with a better looking result. </p><p></p><p>It all comes down to file types and quality settings. Tiff is just mainly reserved for high quality images, not bitmaps, so if you want a smaller file size, a different format is needed. Try the other formats I mentioned above. I would think all of those will give a smaller filesize.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtownley1, post: 268258, member: 20564"] most likely, it's the file format. A bitmap image (if I recall correctly...) only has information for black and white - with no tones in between. Tiff files are different, and can allow millions of colours - they're also used for high quality image files where compression isn't wanted. If you want smaller file sizes for bitmap images, consider jpg, png or even gif. Gif images are limited to 256 colours (with some apps allowing for customisation of the colour palette) but larger images can have very large file sizes. In a lot of cases, png can have smaller filesizes than jpg, and with a better looking result. It all comes down to file types and quality settings. Tiff is just mainly reserved for high quality images, not bitmaps, so if you want a smaller file size, a different format is needed. Try the other formats I mentioned above. I would think all of those will give a smaller filesize. [/QUOTE]
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