Are .bmp files really that bad?

[Brian Gilbert]

bmp files are larger than several other formats.  This isn't as much of
a problem with Word (Word does something with .bmps to reduce the file
size...insert a 920 KB BMP into a Word file and the Word file only grows
57 KB).  However, I don't know if the same is true with Framemaker.  If
not, you may want to consider converting the graphics if the file
contains a lot of graphics, if the file will be posted on the Web,
and/or if the file will be attached to an email.
 
Brian

>>> "Bryan Sherman" <bsherm at gmail.com> 8/31/2006 9:54:14 AM >>>

The only issue I can think of is file size. BMP files are considerably
larger than  PNG or GIF. May not be worht the effort if you have
enough disk apce.

Bryan

On 8/31/06, Carrie Baker <carriebak at gmail.com> wrote:
> But is .bmp that bad?
> Is there any reason that I should convert the .bmp files I have now
to
> .png (will it affect the project, or PDF in anyway?) or should  I
> leave them as they are?
> thanks
> --
> Carrie Baker
> carriebak at gmail.com
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