NIMAS Miscellaneous Items - Image Quality

DAISY 3 Structure Guidelines
Last Revised: June 4, 2008

This page is initially intended for discussion. This section will be expanded as resolution is reached.

NIMAS requires the use of 300 DPI images, with the following image formats recommended: SVG, PNG, and JPG. There has been much debate regarding file sizes of PNG and JPG images, and as such, the following samples have been added for discussion.

NOTE: The following images may be VERY large and may take a very long time to download on a slower Internet connection.

• Sample 1
  • JPG
    • Highest quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (1,933 KB)
    • Medium-High quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (451 KB)
    • Medium quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (314 KB)
    • Medium-Low quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (209 KB)
    • Smallest file size JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (53 KB)
  • PNG
    • Smallest file size PNG, as compressed by the GIMP. (2,844 KB)
    • Smallest file size PNG, as compressed by PNGOUTWin, a highly efficient PNG compression engine. (2,729 KB)
• Sample 2
  • JPG
    • Highest quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (1,118 KB)
    • Medium-High quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (252 KB)
    • Medium quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (167 KB)
    • Medium-Low quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (107 KB)
    • Smallest file size JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (18 KB)
  • PNG
    • Smallest file size PNG, as compressed by the GIMP. (2,126 KB)
    • Smallest file size PNG, as compressed by PNGOUTWin, a highly efficient PNG compression engine. (2,094 KB)
• Sample 3
  • JPG
    • Highest quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (3,354 KB)
    • Medium-High quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (856 KB)
    • Medium quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (596 KB)
    • Medium-Low quality JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (395 KB)
    • Smallest file size JPG, as compressed by the GIMP. (70 KB)
  • PNG
    • Smallest file size PNG, as compressed by the GIMP. (6,253 KB)
    • Smallest file size PNG, as compressed by PNGOUTWin, a highly efficient PNG compression engine. (6,193 KB)