Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-18 Thread Kenneth Waller
Response below - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color 1) Which file format, in what type of compression, in what color space (or photometric interpretation) is the best for archiving and printing (not web use)? Brent, Jpeg

Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-18 Thread Tiger Moses
For your project, you need a color test chart, or anything that can be used as a true baseline, and have that in a picture at the begining of every session or roll. Then have one of those charts available for anyone wanting to produce an image in the future and they'll make your red the red they

Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Kenneth Waller Subject: Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color Response below - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color 1) Which file format, in what type of compression, in what

Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-18 Thread Bob W
Hi, Thursday, March 18, 2004, 8:51:20 AM, Jostein wrote: - Original Message - From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] raw is *guaranteed* to be readable for as long as C complilers are available, since dcraw.c is an easily available open source program. just burn the source code together

Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-18 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] all you need is the file format syntax and semantics. Then you can use whatever programming language and operating system will be the flavour of the month in 10 years time. That's true. Let's hope that people like John Francis

Re[2]: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-18 Thread Mike Ignatiev
hey, you can always send your files to india... or, wherever all techies will be, at that time. mishka -Original Message- From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's true. Let's hope that people like John Francis still hang around by then...:-)

Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-17 Thread Bob W
Hi, 2) Could someone explain the Color Management process. Does this process change the information in a file, or does it merely alter it during the data process to change it for a specific use. Ex- if I have a color profile for my scanner, does it alter the raw data coming in, or provide

RE: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-17 Thread Butch Black
Hi Brent (and welcome back) I'll throw a couple thoughts out File format Tiff uncompressed (16 bit if possible) JPEG2000 looks interesting but too few programs can use it. I would consider storing RAW but there is no guarantee that it will be readable in 10 years Color space Adobe 1998. It's

Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-17 Thread Mishka
Butch Black wrote: File format Tiff uncompressed (16 bit if possible) JPEG2000 looks interesting but too few programs can use it. I would consider storing RAW but there is no guarantee that it will be readable in 10 years raw is *guaranteed* to be readable for as long as C complilers are

Re: Digital Imaging, File Formats, and Color

2004-03-17 Thread David Mann
On Mar 18, 2004, at 07:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Which file format, in what type of compression, in what color space (or photometric interpretation) is the best for archiving and printing (not web use)? I'd recommend any file format that does not use lossy compression. I use TIFF for my