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Re: [PLUG] which image transfer format?
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Paul wrote:
> If you mean BMP or JPEG, I might have to say BMP. JPEG produces a
> smaller file size, but at the cost of image quality. With storage so
> inexpensive and convenient, file size shouldn't be an issue.
>
> If given the option I would think that TIF would be the best choice.
> Even The GIMP's XCF format is better than JPEG for preserving image
> quality, and it also saves layer information.
One digital book recommended shooting in JPEG and converting to TIF after
downloading the JPEGS, then do all maniplations on the TIF file (JPEG's
compress every time they're saved, so you lose progressively more and more
data).
>
> In my book JPEG is for presentation only, especially over the Web.
>
>
> Chris Beggy wrote:
>
> >Given the choice of bitmap and jpeg formats for archiving images captured
> >with a digital camera, which is better for a linux user? I'm the user, and
> >I'm not experienced with digital images beyond rudimentary gimp, xfig, and
> >xv.
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Rebecca Ore
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