Help with Pics required

[cpalethorpe]

This is the original thread i received ??...

iPhone "Optimized" PNGs


For the most part, Apple's developer documentation for both the Mac and iPhone is excellent. They are well-written, accurate, and provide excellent code samples. There are, of course, always gaps, especially with newer areas. Sometimes these gaps are simply a matter of resource constraints; the volume of documentation the documentation teams have to maintain is staggering, and frameworks are constantly being added and updated.

At other times, Apple is tight-lipped about stuff not because of resource constraints, but rather intentionally, though it's not always clear why. Do you want to know how fast the processor in your iPhone is, or how much memory is available to your application? Both of these are obviously relevant to developing for the iPhone, but don't look to Apple for that information. The information is available (processor | memory), just not from Apple.

Here's another area where Apple is less than fully forthcoming: When it comes to the iPhone's use of PNG images, Apple tells you that Xcode "optimizes" PNGs as part of the build process and, as a result, you should always use PNG images in your iPhone projects. PNG images will usually be bigger than JPEGs, causing your application to be a little larger, but you'll be rewarded by some mysterious kind of improvement.

 

[Yard Dog]

They don't by any chance use Apple's Quicktime plug in's do they ?

 

[cpalethorpe]

How would i find that out ?

 

[Yard Dog]

QuickTime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If you had it installed , you would see it in programs and features, you may not need it for just pics, but, I Tunes does use it. Just tossing that out at you, probably something that you do not need. I used it for this one program i used to have , but, i have since un-installed it.

 

[cpalethorpe]

Ahh, i will delete off and restart and see what happens, will post back soon

 

[cpalethorpe]

damnit...I thought that would work...alas NO, removed quicktime and safari from the programmes list, restarted, went to google, found a pic, it stated jpeg, right clicked, save as...and still only get png or bitmap
im wondering if removing itunes completely would fix it, I have a laptop, so could quite easily use that for my iphone etc !!? and the desktop for regular usage ?
Also earlier today i ran 3 different scans on my system, to see if anything came up, but nothing in relation to pictures found !

 

[Yard Dog]

Well, if you have all your stuff backed up, i would try the method 2 at the one link i posted earlier.

 

[cpalethorpe]

yeah, i reckon i might give that a go, ill have to search out the details needed, but will give it a go and report back

 

[cpalethorpe]

Just thought I would throw this one your way too, I used "regcleanpro" and managed to export a list of errors, im assuming alikened to that of what the previous ideas wouild have found, but heres the list, I have no idea what im looking for, but you might see something?? (if this way of link works, if not, its way to big to copy and paste onto this)

C:\Users\Tesco\AppData\Roaming\Systweak\RegClean Pro\Version 6.1\RCPscanlog.xml

 

[whs]

Just a dumb question: What is wrong with .png. This is a better format (quality wise) than .jpg.

 

[cpalethorpe]

thats true, and for that reason I dont have a problem with that, the main issue, although some may see it as 'not a problem' is...whenever you (or i) normally save a jpeg it automatically (98% of the time) gives a tag to it, so its literally a case of right click save as (select folder) click save, job done...
Whereas with a png, you have to manually rename every single picture, which can be time consuming, I have a around 40 folders with various subject, that I need to save pictures as quick as possible, for deadline purposes !
thats pretty much it?

 

[whs]

OK, I see your problem.

 

[cpalethorpe]

Exactly, and its just frustrating because i dont know how to fix it! thought Id nailed it with the whole itunes removal thing, but that didnt do it, so will have to try the idea, that Yard Dog suggested

 

[Yard Dog]

No, i was unable to see what you have done with that registry product, but, you best hope it had a restore program of what it removed , if you need to put it back, I would only use Ccleaner myself. and it DOES make a back up of what it removes , if you want it to.

 

[cpalethorpe]

Yard Dog...genius...i dont know what it was, how, where, when etc, but that ccleaner has worked on something, and I have the jpeg ability back...your a star dude

 

[Yard Dog]

Great news, probably temp files and such. Glad you are fixed up.

 

[cpalethorpe]

Yeah, it searched through and removed a mass load of those, but a big thanks dude, much appreciated (and commented on the scales too)

 

[Yard Dog]

Thanks for that, my biggest pleasure is the fixing of someone's computer issues , but, a click on scales is much appreciated . Since you are fixed up now, keep in mind that your current restore pt is the one you would want to return to , if you have any issues in the future, if you use Ccleaner , in tools, you will see restore pts, you may want to remove all but your current one , just a thought.

 

[cpalethorpe]

Yeah, no problem, thats definately a peice of software thats not going anywhere, kept the one restore point, so all good going forwards, and will keep on using it,