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usedHONDA

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  1. Latest concept:

    anewlook.png

    But as I said before, it'll look too minimalistic for some... though I may actually code this and use it as my homepage :D

    I took out the "I'm feeling lucky" button because I never use it, and it's just an out-dated feature of Google, like MS Paint on Windows. I'm also looking for a way to integrate other types of search into the page without ruining its minimalistic style. Oh, and here's a bit of information: No pixel in this image is completely white... just the way I like it.

  2. This is the best way to add opentype fonts in your Paint.NET image (you'll need this plugin):

    1. Open something like Microsoft Office Word (with a white background)

    2. Type your desired text in whatever font and size you want. Make sure it's in black

    3. Take a screenshot of the document

    4. Open Paint.NET and past the screenshot

    5. Select only the text area of the document

    6. Go to Effects > Color Space > RBG to CYMK

    6.5: In that plugin, move the slider to "blacK" and click "OK"

    Viola! You now have opentype font text in Paint.NET!

  3. It's been something bugging me for a while. There are images that don't use Alpha values that are perfect candidates to be a JPEG, yet are saved as a PNG and end up over 3 times larger, thus it takes over three times longer to load the image.

    For example, this image is a JPEG saved at ~93 quality:

    http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/ ... a/cool.jpg

    That file is 97.3 KB.

    Here's the PNG version:

    http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/ ... cool-1.png

    The lossless version is 400 KB. Big difference in loading time, eh? This is example only uses one hue [and a nice one, too], yet the image looks exactly the same. If anything, the compression makes it look better (less-organized pixels).

    Here's another example:

    http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/ ... /sas-1.jpg

    http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/ ... da/sas.png

    24kb vs 470kb: Which one works better?

    Now that I've made my point, I'd like to suggest a rule be added that recommends the user to only post a PNG when absolutely needed (i.e. when there are no alpha values are evolved and if there's no clearly visible difference when compressed). Also suggest the user to compress their PNGs with an external program if JPEG isn't an acceptable alternative.

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