Graphics File Formats (Paperback)

by David C. Kay (Author), John R. Levine (Author)

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Product Description
For software developers, systems managers, and computer hobbyists, this book will help bring a welcome sense of order to the chaotic world of graphics file format. David Kay and John Levine have compiled detailed specifications for 30 popular graphics file formats, so readers can more quickly and easily decide which standards are best for their applications.

About the Author
John Levine (Trumansburg, NY) is an internationally acclaimed Internet authority, author, and the host of his own radio show. He’s the author of two dozen books ranging from Linkers and Loaders (O’Reilly) to The Internet for Dummies(Hungry Minds). He also runs online newsgroups and mailing lists, hosts a hundred Web sites, and consults on programming languages and Internet topics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2 Sub edition (August 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070340250
• ISBN-13: 978-0070340251
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,484,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, December 19, 1997

By	Alexander (Australia) - See all my reviews

If you are a programmer and in a hurry to implement your own graphics filter then don't buy this book. Its treament of the various formats is essentially devoid of any examples and detail. A very superficial book with large fonts a "buttons" fulfilling the need to ensure bulk to the book at the expense of content. There is no CD with example coding and decoding examples, very very few tables of giving a graphical view of the file structures. In short it is a poorly presented and poorly written book...hardly worth $10 rather than the $25 they are asking....Go by the O'Reilly book Encyclopaedia of Graphics Formats...expensive for sure but it has what this book lacks and that is content.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quick introduction to JPEG/JFIF, February 17, 1999

By A Customer

I needed a book for a quick and slightly detailed introduction to JPEG/JFIF file formats. This book fit the bill!