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FuzzyIdeas / Clop

Clipboard optimizer for macOS
https://lowtechguys.com/clop
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Is Clop reducing the image quality? #2

Closed ggrelet closed 2 years ago

ggrelet commented 2 years ago

Couldn't find the answer neither here or on your website.

Awesome app, btw!

alin23 commented 2 years ago

It depends on the image. For example PNG compression is lossless, but if you have a PNG in a deeper colorspace than sRGB (like a HDR screenshot or something), then Clop will reduce it to sRGB and the colors can look more faded.

JPEGs are lossy by definition and any further encode will reduce the quality (but Clop tries to keep it 99% similar).

GIFs, well they don't look that good anyway, there's not much you can do to compress and keep their quality the same.

ggrelet commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the answer. I'm closing this issue. Maybe consider adding a FAQ to the project?

alin23 commented 2 years ago

Yep, when I'll have time for it, I'll add an FAQ. This was the first time this question was asked so I had no "frequently" asked questions yet 😅