Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 1:51 PM +0200 4/27/05, nathan.wajsman@planet.nl wrote: >Jay states that file size is not an issue for him, so my answer was >based on that. The problem with JPEGs is not only the loss every time >you save, but also the fact that if you later decide to do some further >corrections, the result is much better if working from a 16-bit TIFF or >PSD file than from an 8-bit JPEG. > >Nathan That's where JPEG2000 comes in. It can handle 16bit files, plus some other PS features and can save in various lossy sizes as well as lossless. For the same quality, it compresses much more than regular jpg, as it used new 'wavelet' technology. It also is an open standard. It's just slow. -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com