Make iTunes save artworks in JPEG instead of PNG

Hey all,
one little question:
Is it possible to make iTunes save the artworks as JPEG in the audio file instead of PNG?
Thanks!

Clearly they don't have the requirements you do.
There's nothing wrong with saving JPEGs. I happen to need them all the time as well, and prior to getting CS5 I always found myself changing the mode to 8 bits, saving as JPEG, then (if I remembered) going back in the history to where the document was 16 bits.
When I asked about saving PSD files I didn't realize you needed JPEGs for specific purposes.
-Noel

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(* Put This In That
v2.0 april 22 2008
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- consolidated code
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v1.7 October 3, 2006
- adds "Album Artist" as option
v1.6 October 28, 2004
- works around iTunes 4.7 selection bug
v1.5 ('04/1)-- adds "grouping" tag
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at Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Get a copy of the GNU General Public License by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
or visit http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-- CONSTANTS
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