.EMF filetype = mind blown

[Modelexis]

I got sent a .EMF file format image today and it came through email @ 967KB

When I opened it up in MS paint, it revealed it's size:

4492 x 3386 pixels
@ 72 PPI

or 62" x 47"

That's friggen massive size, just blew my mind.

A JPG format at that file size would only yield 900 pixels or so worth of image.

How can the file size be so small? and how can a compressed image file like this be created?

Cool

[n1zm0]

"EMF files are basically a file recording a sequence of Windows graphics functions, and thus while easily read on Microsoft Windows computers, are much harder to read on other platforms. "

so i guess it doesnt draw the picture when you see it, rather it is just code that windows reads then produces an image?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Metafile

[sabad66]

They also print a lot better than jpgs too

[minuteZERO]

looks like it could be similar to vector graphics, which as mentioned are the best for blowing up / printing as they are not constrained by size; you can make them as big or as small as you want. (.svg is one of the common extensions for vector, but i believe most .pdf's are vector as well). inkscape is a great free vector editor. it runs on windows / linux, not sure about osx.

[Modelexis]

Originally posted by minuteZERO
looks like it could be similar to vector graphics, which as mentioned are the best for blowing up / printing as they are not constrained by size; you can make them as big or as small as you want. (.svg is one of the common extensions for vector, but i believe most .pdf's are vector as well). inkscape is a great free vector editor. it runs on windows / linux, not sure about osx.

Nope, it wasn't vector, it was a photo with pixels, it would distort when enlarged.