Hayley
damn Inkscape really tells you off for trying to export a JPEG (I find this moderately cute behaviour)
Mar 25 at 10:52amWeb
Show threadMTRNord4d ago
@hayley tbh I think this is great and more software should punish people for being stupid...
Show threadHayley 4d ago
@mtrnord I was using Inkscape to impose text on another .jpeg, and I definitely only spent 2 minutes at the time I hit C-s, so it's pretty funny but I do appreciate the sentiment
Show threadzivi2d ago

@hayley any image deserves better than jpeg there are sooo so much better options out there nowayears

anyhow original exports of artwork should be lossless

Show threadlina isidora2d ago

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dialog window named "Export to JPEG" with an inkscape icon. it has two tabs: "Low Quality Warning" (which is selected) and "Options". the warning says that JPEG shouldn't be used for "flat" images because it creates artifacts, making your art lose quality, etc; also has a side-by-side comparison of a zoomed-in image with two diagonal lines, and the JPEG example is very noticeably distorted in colors and more "mushy", like the lines are not as sharp, and there's a lot of pixels with colors that weren't in the original image. it also has a highlighted paragraph saying "You put a lot of talent, time and energy into your work. Your work deserves better, so you should consider exporting to PNG or WebP file formats with lossless compression instead."