DjVu all over again...

[Ross Macintosh]

This thread is a continuation of an earlier thread about DjVu image compression. You can find the original thread here. Both these threads could have (and perhaps should have) been in the main Xara Forum instead of this gallery. I originally started the post here as a way to demonstrate the power of DjVu to display high resolution images of our Xara art. In that regard perhaps the gallery is the right place.

Below is an example of a simple DjVu interface using xara-developed gels. You need the DjVu browser plugin to see it. If you don't have it you can get it free at DjVu.Com Note: Plugin reportedly works for some Opera users and not for others.

The image-map-like links and mouseover comments are entirely within the DjVu compressed file. Links are set to open in new windows. Try them and see where they lead you... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

<EMBED TYPE="image/x-djvu" SRC="http://www.designstop.com/test/gelinterface.djvu" HEIGHT=500 WIDTH=325 ZOOM=stretch PASSIVE=yes>

Regards, Ross

<a href=http://www.designstop.com/>DesignStop.Com</a>

[This message was edited by Ross Macintosh on April 14, 2001 at 07:13 AM.]

[John F Dye]

I downloaded a copy of the LuraTech program and tried it out on several jpgs. It is of interest to me in that you can keep the same formate for moderate compressions. For very high levels of compressionthey have there own format in the same way DjVu does. Makes me wonder which will be the format of choice in a couple of years. And will it matter.
John

[Ross Macintosh]

John - The links were found quite haphazardly through the colour associations. I just now started following links from the violet link and found the website of an amazing realist painter. Check it out - here's a direct link.

Regards, Ross

PS - I like the Lime link. The guy who created it seems really nice. See his retail site about his business selling pies. It is a good story.

[jclements]

Ross,

The violet colored link caught my attention. Happens that our family drove over to Bend, Oregon for the Easter weekend. Very beautiful. Mid 20's in the early a.m. but temperatures rose up the to the 60's by 9 or 10 a.m.

[Erik Heyninck]

and Irfanview already shows the djvu.

Bytheway: how did you get the plugin working in Opera?

I first installed it as netscape (Opera's typical way of getting plug-ins) but it crashed upon opening this thread. Then I uninstalled, and installed in Explorer to be able to view etc. Works fine, but Opera keeps on crashing when it faces a djvu. Help!!!

[Erik Heyninck]

Me too I use Opera 5.10. But the only difference is that I still have the Netscape copy of Opera in the folder. This might be it...

[Ross Macintosh]

This thread is a continuation of an earlier thread about DjVu image compression. You can find the original thread here. Both these threads could have (and perhaps should have) been in the main Xara Forum instead of this gallery. I originally started the post here as a way to demonstrate the power of DjVu to display high resolution images of our Xara art. In that regard perhaps the gallery is the right place.

Below is an example of a simple DjVu interface using xara-developed gels. You need the DjVu browser plugin to see it. If you don't have it you can get it free at DjVu.Com Note: Plugin reportedly works for some Opera users and not for others.

The image-map-like links and mouseover comments are entirely within the DjVu compressed file. Links are set to open in new windows. Try them and see where they lead you... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

<EMBED TYPE="image/x-djvu" SRC="http://www.designstop.com/test/gelinterface.djvu" HEIGHT=500 WIDTH=325 ZOOM=stretch PASSIVE=yes>

Regards, Ross

<a href=http://www.designstop.com/>DesignStop.Com</a>

[This message was edited by Ross Macintosh on April 14, 2001 at 07:13 AM.]

[Erik Heyninck]

I already mailed Irfan about it. When djvu splits text and bitrmap into different layers, and puts the text on top, Irfanview only shows the top layer. he'll come up with a solution, I'm shure. And quicker than most others, despite the fact his viewer is free. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]
(seen with IE5.5, Opera still gets a runtime error fit whatever I try. Perhaps it is the djvu browser plugin exe that allows only one setup?) [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img]

[jclements]

Ross, thanks. Very "classy" stuff. He really has an interesting style of using roundish forms. Then you see his work for Time Mag and its something altogether different.

[bytheway]

I'm a big fan of Opera and the plug-in works fine for me.