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Old 04-27-2003, 12:05 PM   #5
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Originally posted by JTW
I was told that because a JPEG is already a compressed file, putting them in a zip file does not help (other than convenience as Mister X pointed out).

True?
Depending on the level of compression used on the pics. If it's well compressed then you won't gain anything except having them all in one file. If your files are not very compressed on the other hand then winzip works like a charm. I had 386mb of uncompressed images zipped in a 6mb file !
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