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[Dragyn]

when saved as a .jpg, the data for the image (the pixel map and such) are converted from one format to another.  The Paint.Net files include several separate layers of data, and intricate formulas and protocols for handling how they stack.  JPG just merges all of it into one layer of data, and often blurs edges, adds noise, and makes colors just a bit...off.

.PNG also only works in one layer, but it maintains pixels as they are, and doesn't seem to have a problem with edges or noise.  As an added plus, it also supports transparency, both full and partial--if the viewing program (usually an internet browser in this case) supports it.

Well, it's a lot more technical than I made it sound, but that's about what it does.  The multiple layers tend to take up more space, as does transparency.  That's the short version of the filesize issue.

[Faith]

Huh.
And to change that do you just change the file type you save it as, like you'd make an HTML file an HTML by saving it .html, or a rich text document an rtf by saving it as .rtf?
Or do you have to do someting else?

[Dragyn]

The proram you use has to be capable of interpreting the format to change it.  Open a .bmp in Paint.Net, then save it as a .jpg or a .png, or a .pdn (Paint.Net File), but if you use, say, the original Microsoft Paint, then about all you'll have available is .bmp.  Just changing the file extension won't work, as the data within wouldn't match.

[Faith]

*Sigh...*  
Paint.Net is something I don't think I'll be getting, anytime soon.

However, what's a .pdn file in comparison to a .bmp, .jpg or .png?

[Dragyn]

.pdn is huge, relatively, as it's essentially several other image files stacked on top of each other, as each layer is stored seperately.  Combine that with the fact that each layer includes several shades and transparency, and the cumulative file size is massive.

Of course, .pdn still manages to keep the files fairly small.  The ones I end up with, complete with 20-30+ layers, are usually less than 3-5 times as large as the compressed .jpgs I end up with.

[Faith]

Huh...
Files are strange things. But useful, I suppose.

What's the strange glowing thing in the tall building in the city/town or whatever in the most recent update on PE?
If it's a light... then why is it the only visible light in the community?

[Dragyn]

It is a clock.  It is backlit, and is the tallest building in the city.

Anyway, the next update is ready.  Now, I just need a computer I can upload from...

[Faith]

Ooo...

Why are that guy's eyes like that, what're on all the shelves, what's that pendant on King Issac, what kind of shop is that, why does everyone know who he is, what's going to happen to him, and what happened to that reddish-haired guy's left eye?

I know you can only actually answer a few of those questions, and I really was going to just ask answerable ones, honest... but they just kinda all went together in this one chunk of text that somehow magically appeared on my reply... ... ...

Anyway...
Be happy I stopped when I did.  

[Dragyn]

That guy's eyes have been that way since I first drew him; look closely at the stuff on the shelves; Issac wears a cross on his necklace; you'll find out later; you'll find out later; and you'll find out later.

There, I answered 'em all.  Though, probably not as thoroughly as you'd have liked.

[Faith]

 

Better than I expected, though.  

Any news on the Beastling hiatus?
Do you think it'll be easier or harder to tend to, when school starts?

[Dragyn]

Hmm...that depends a lot on extenuating circumstances, which I hope to see resolved be the end of the week.  

But then, there's also the factors of chance and time to work around, so we'll worry about that after school starts.

[Faith]

Hm... kay.

What are you going to do with your language?
Are you just going to keep it and never tell anyone how to read it?  

[Dragyn]

Oh, I'm sure someone'll figure it out, eventually.  It's not particularly complex.

[Faith]

I would've tried already... but I'm busy.
Maybe tomorrow...  
Er, after I finish attempting the crown-thing...
Oh, and my laundry...
And the dishes...
And guitar-practice...
And water the garden...
And finish those drawings for those people...
And work...
Which I'm waking up at four, for...
Which means I need to go to sleep, soon...
And then I have a Cross-country run in the evening...

Maybe not tomorrow...

Maybe the day after tomorrow... ... ...

Ya' know what? I'm gonna' stop, there.


There are a lot more people in PE that Beastling, aren't there?
Why?

[Dragyn]

PE takes place in a preexsisting world-build.  Beastling only has characters in it who I find pertinent to the story, and is much more limited in its scope.