JPG’s or PDF’s?

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105 Responses to “JPG’s or PDF’s?”

Dan M, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:05 pm said:

Either is good for me. I like the sharpness of a PDF, but the size of a JPG is hard not to like either. A PNG is more detailed than a JPG, so if there is any way for you to go that route, that might be worth checking out (unless there is some reason not to that I am not familiar with).

DeskArt, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:17 pm said:

I’m preferring JPGs. PDFs take too long to open.

Erik, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pm said:

PDF!

Rachael Rettinger, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pm said:

JPG, please.

Cary, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:25 pm said:

JPG. PDF just adds more bloat.

Stephen, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:29 pm said:

PDF

FranDJ, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:33 pm said:

PDF! Easy to scale with poor graphic knowledge

Wkid8, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:35 pm said:

PDF!

ber, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:36 pm said:

PDF!

Matt, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:37 pm said:

.Jpg, I think most people will say .Jpg Because Adobe Reader is a little difficult to print from =D

Aaron, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:37 pm said:

Go with PDF, Then you will be sure that it all fits onto a single sheet of paper. my printer has a bad case of cutting off the sides. makes me sad when that happens

MiT, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:38 pm said:

JPG ;)

just my opinion, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:39 pm said:

PNG
(no seriously)

Julien, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:40 pm said:

PDF !!

krys, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:41 pm said:

PDF :) I like vectors :P

Adam, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:42 pm said:

jpg

Wombat, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:55 pm said:

JPG! Because PDF is more proprietary.

Michael, on August 6th, 2008 at 5:57 pm said:

I believe JPG is the easiest, most accessible of the two. However, if you were planning vectored artwork, then PDF is the way to go.

Pep, on August 6th, 2008 at 6:01 pm said:

PDF

LostCrichton, on August 6th, 2008 at 6:07 pm said:

JPG’s plz!

RºDºR, on August 6th, 2008 at 6:26 pm said:

i think PDF because the image its more detailed in PDF

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡PDF RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pirulin, on August 6th, 2008 at 6:33 pm said:

JPG!!!!

Filippo Spiga, on August 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pm said:

The solution is… both formats. And all became happy :-P

Alerek, on August 6th, 2008 at 7:34 pm said:

Well, PDF has that print size issue under control, but thats not exactly a huge problem for most people. I personally think PNG is best, or at least better than JPG just because I can notice a difference in quality when compared side-by-side or just switching in the save for web dialog :P

I don’t mind what format you go with, just wanted to get my 2 cents in :P

andre, on August 6th, 2008 at 7:39 pm said:

jpg

largesmoke, on August 6th, 2008 at 8:08 pm said:

PDF please.

LS

Violue, on August 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pm said:

If you can make them jpgs without losing the crispness of the colors/lines…then those are fine…

Paper Bender, on August 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pm said:

1 PNG
2. JPG
3. PDF

Leo, on August 6th, 2008 at 8:51 pm said:

I prefer printing PDFs.

aerozol, on August 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pm said:

Post them in JPG for convenience, and have a PDF section as well, if people want to supersize them or something.
Why not both?

Jim, on August 6th, 2008 at 9:20 pm said:

You lose definition with JPG unless the file is very large.
PDF is universal (c’mon guys … Acrobat Reader is a free download, how can printing from PDF be difficult?) PDF is the obvious choice for sharp vectors.

Shiaoran, on August 6th, 2008 at 9:21 pm said:

JPG all the way!

Pros:
Faster visualization
Doesn’t need a third party app to view in browser
Doesn’t need a third party app to view as saved file
You can easily edit it to customize your papercrafts
Doesn’t crash browsers if it’s reader has an error :P
Very wide format compatibility

Cons? Are there cons?
The only I can think about is the one when you save the image as JPG again it’s quality is messed up. But you can always save it as PNG(wich is way better IMO).

denisdanis, on August 6th, 2008 at 10:57 pm said:

JPG!

Chris Flores, on August 6th, 2008 at 11:26 pm said:

PDF! More details please!

Lauren, on August 6th, 2008 at 11:28 pm said:

JPG.

sansot, on August 7th, 2008 at 12:06 am said:

JPG! PDFs take way too long to load.

Erikku, on August 7th, 2008 at 12:32 am said:

PDF please. It makes it easier to take to kinko’s and use up THEIR ink carts instead.

momaw27, on August 7th, 2008 at 1:10 am said:

PDF… just easier.

Furie Zacharias, on August 7th, 2008 at 2:11 am said:

PDF!

A much more versatile format and it’s not as lossy as JPEG.

Winston, on August 7th, 2008 at 2:29 am said:

JPG

Telman, on August 7th, 2008 at 2:42 am said:

PDF works for me.

Kovan, on August 7th, 2008 at 4:03 am said:

pdf!

kratosmaster, on August 7th, 2008 at 4:36 am said:

PDF or PNG

babel00, on August 7th, 2008 at 6:35 am said:

JPG

bno, on August 7th, 2008 at 6:53 am said:

png or jpg

Delphine Dumont, on August 7th, 2008 at 7:31 am said:

PDF definitively ! :)

And open-source PDF-readers (like Sumatra) do exist !

Frederico, on August 7th, 2008 at 8:34 am said:

PDF!

hannes, on August 7th, 2008 at 8:38 am said:

PDF!!!

Eric, on August 7th, 2008 at 9:07 am said:

I like JPG.
But PNG is prefer.

Michel-Olivier (CAN), on August 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am said:

JPG !!! BECAUSE WE ALL CAN USE IT

Jennie, on August 7th, 2008 at 9:58 am said:

Definitely PDF coming from a graphic designer.

Kel, on August 7th, 2008 at 10:09 am said:

PDF of course. No need for explanation :-)

agentrok, on August 7th, 2008 at 10:55 am said:

offer it in both formats on the download thing it should have download jpg. and download pdf.

Will, on August 7th, 2008 at 11:18 am said:

JPG :P

lisa, on August 7th, 2008 at 11:22 am said:

PDF thnx

randy, on August 7th, 2008 at 11:34 am said:

JPG, easier to access, pdf’s just too slow to work with and file sizes usually are a little more

Tanya, on August 7th, 2008 at 11:38 am said:

PDF are better easy plus image are a lot better Jpeg is okay but depends how it is says maybe try both versions see how many download more or faster.

Guille, on August 7th, 2008 at 11:44 am said:

JPG! By all means!!

Shivers, on August 7th, 2008 at 12:06 pm said:

Wow, the vote is pretty split here, it seems, but that’s just from a glance. Maybe you should have a poll?

Personally, I like PDFs but JPGs are fine too. Any way is great as long as we can get awesome Cubees. :]

I think offering both would be a good route since people differ opinions on it so much, but that might be too difficult…

Todd Gordon, on August 7th, 2008 at 1:06 pm said:

Can we haz jpeg? canade do’tn have pdf coz adobe is benned in my homtown

Jeff, on August 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pm said:

PDFs preferred, PNG next, JPG aren’t too bad.

Albertcore, on August 7th, 2008 at 2:11 pm said:

Jpeg is better!!

Albertcore, on August 7th, 2008 at 2:12 pm said:

JPG is better!!

piekid, on August 7th, 2008 at 2:32 pm said:

PDF is best, then PNG. JPG sux.

christian, on August 7th, 2008 at 3:00 pm said:

jpg :)

Bill, on August 7th, 2008 at 5:00 pm said:

PDF, please.

Horned_one20, on August 7th, 2008 at 5:24 pm said:

I print these guys from work (To cheap to pay to have them printed) so I print 2 to a 12 x 18 sheet. Jpg is so much easier in that case.

I also want to thank you for the awesome Cubees. They introduced me to a whole new hobby!

Jota, on August 7th, 2008 at 6:32 pm said:

Jpg,thats more easiest to print

hitbob, on August 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pm said:

ERM…. when i do jpegs it always screws up the graphics (like making there random blobs of different tones of the same color) on pixel work, and since these are pixel based… one of both please.

Chris, on August 7th, 2008 at 7:38 pm said:

Both would give people options, but takes up more storage space on your end.

I prefer the scalability and image quality of PDF, but it does pose some cross-platform and convenience issues for some folks.

If you are going to make it truly accessible for all levels of users, I would go with PNG. It’s as easy to work with/modify etc., for the largest majority of users, and has much better image quality that JPGs which are very lossy, especially when saving after modifying.

Your stuff is great!

C.

Diogo, on August 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pm said:

A lot of people here seem to think that Adobe Reader is the only way to open PDFs, but that’s not true!

There are other faster, lighter, non-bloated PDF readers available for free.

I have been using Foxit Reader for a long time now, and it hasn’t failed me once.

BTW, my vote goes to PDF (for scalable vector graphics).

Denver, on August 7th, 2008 at 10:46 pm said:

Jpg

Chris, on August 8th, 2008 at 12:19 am said:

Both!!!

Mechagodzilla, on August 8th, 2008 at 2:37 am said:

PDF’s

moxi, on August 8th, 2008 at 2:40 am said:

of course JPG!!!!

J, on August 8th, 2008 at 10:43 am said:

PDFs, you can scale to make bigger

kc, on August 8th, 2008 at 11:17 am said:

PDF is so much better

scf, on August 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm said:

JPG

Louis, on August 10th, 2008 at 7:08 am said:

JPG

Jenkino, on August 10th, 2008 at 4:06 pm said:

PDF

GnuoyKun, on August 10th, 2008 at 10:51 pm said:

Well, I myself prefer PNG, just for the better quality it offers; but between PDF ans JPG, I say PDF.

Cinder, on August 11th, 2008 at 12:57 am said:

JPEG

I like to rescale these so I can fit more of them across my work area, dashboard and what not. I’ve also made a large scale Ultra Seven. A little difficult with PDF. You have to export to jpeg and then, if the file is locked, you gotta print screen then redraw everything…yadda, yadda, yadda…

excellentstar, on August 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am said:

JPG

Lolo, on August 13th, 2008 at 8:36 am said:

for this, PDF would be better because there are vector graphics and i’ts for print

Dribb, on August 14th, 2008 at 3:07 am said:

JPG would be perfect!

ross, on August 17th, 2008 at 6:02 pm said:

pdf would be great because it is difficult to know what size they should be but you could post both to please every body, that would be great.

boardsy, on August 19th, 2008 at 2:48 am said:

JPG … why would pdf even be CONSIDERED an option?

76, on August 20th, 2008 at 4:42 am said:

PDF can contain vectors. If used there is nothing sharper and you can make it big as a …

So PDF!

Spencerjg, on August 24th, 2008 at 6:06 pm said:

Sorry Mario but the PDF is in another castle,but here’s a JPG for you.

ADRIAN-NATION, on August 25th, 2008 at 3:24 pm said:

JPG, because they are easier to download and print!

Tom, on September 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am said:

PDF FTW!!!

As a vector, whe can resize at any paper size without resolution loss. But, i was wondering why not both extensions?

alex, on October 5th, 2008 at 6:29 am said:

Depends: If your website is targeting the “AVERAGE” Website user (The General Population): Then JPG for Sure! If your website is targeting the more Savvy, Web Builders, Who know all about PDF, then go with PDF) Both may be too much extra work that will have not much extra benefit.

HardQuor, on February 1st, 2009 at 1:56 am said:

PDF

Ivan, on February 2nd, 2009 at 6:35 pm said:

JPG

Nathan, on February 6th, 2009 at 8:26 pm said:

PDF, definitely. That way, the proportions will always be right. It’s really hard to get JPGs to print exactly.

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