[lug] Are xcf (gimp) files that much smaller than bmps?

[Andrew Diederich]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Jeff Schroeder wrote:

> As a test, try gzip-ing your BMP file and see if it compares to the XCF 
> file size.  gzip is a lossless compression scheme, although there are 
> certainly better schemes tailored for image data.

Excellent idea.  The bmp zipped to 297 kb, which is even smaller than the
xcf file.  Compression is certainly part of the difference, then.

-- 
Andrew