get type from the text of image

[Monte Goulding]

It turns out the paintCompression is yet another property not in the properties array (YAPNITPA)... 

On 23/02/2013, at 8:37 AM, Monte Goulding <monte at sweattechnologies.com> wrote:

> Ah... the paintCompression might be sufficient to use as an extension. It's not perfect but it will probably do.
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> Basically if someone imported a JPG I didn't think it would be suitable for the VCS to export/import as png. If you say it would be ok then I'll run with that.
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> What I'm doing is each object will be represented by a folder and while most properties will be exported as JSON I thought there are some properties that would be better as separate files. The script is the prime example but an image is another one. Also I'm considering the htmlText of a field may be worthwhile as a separate property although that could get quite complicated for unshared text in shared groups so might be best avoided.
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> On 23/02/2013, at 8:22 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
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>> You can probably use the paintCompression property to check the image
>> type.  It might also help to know that PNG is essentially lossless -- you
>> shouldn't lose any image data using this format.  You may find that
>> dealing with the gamma of PNG images is something of a black art and can
>> cause subtle changes in how an image is displayed.  But this is true for
>> the many apps that save/display PNGs, as well as LC, so it may not be an
>> issue.
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