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I'm at the point now where I've realized that nothing is ever the solution all the time. It's a little frustrating.

I used to use the rule of thumb that JPEG was for images, and PNG for charts, and things with text.

But these days I go through each image I get from the art department and optimize it myself in Photoshop, cycling through a series of presets.

To my surprise, depending on the image, sometimes an 8-bit PNG will end up smaller than a JPEG, and provide better visual quality.

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