# Terry Was Right

Now my site is under 350kB in total, despite it having 8 uncompres
sed PNG files. I converted almost all my images into 640x360 16 co
lors (4-bit) with this script.

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#!/usr/local/bin/rc

# res $input $output $resolution

switch($#*){
case 3
        input=''
        output=''
        res=''

        input=$1
        output=$2
        format=`{echo $output | sed 's/^*.//'}
        res=$3

        convert -define $format':'$res $input -resize $res -compre
ss None -quality 100 -colors 16 -colorspace RGB $output

case *
	echo 'res $input $output $resolution'
}
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One thing I realized is that 640x360 16 colors is not bad at all.
Of course it somewhat distorts the images, but as Terry said, it i
s "better than realism".

> This is 16 color, pleasant to create. It would be unpleasant to
> draw with 16,777,216 colors

> A person who draws a cartoon, in fact, does not try for realism,
> but better than realism in terms of evocative forms. They entert
> ain with their own version of reality.

> So if you don't want realism, you can go for better than realism
> . What do you mean better than realism? How about an elephant wi
> th blue eyes?
>
> Terry Davis

Also, why I didn't compress PNG files is that Terry used BMP which
is an uncompressed loseless image format. However, to use BMP for
my site, I should upgrade to supporter. If I had to spend money, I
'll spend it for a VPS so that I can have a totally independent we
bsite. I'll stick with PNG for now.