At 10:34 PM -0500 1/5/2009, insightinmind wrote: >On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:20 PM, Dan wrote: > >> From a pro perspective image quality of a TIFF is not good enough, >>> RAW is much better. >> >> Never heard that before. In what way is TIFF lacking? > >I've always heard if you convert an image from one format into >another, you probably lose something (loosely (not lossless) speaking).
That's true to a point. >Isn't RAW a first format for some cameras, so TIFF would be a first >conversion? Is that where people might suspect loss of quality? The camera takes the CCD data, adjusts it, and converts it to ... something that the user can download. Whatever format you select in the camera is what it converts it to - RAW, TIFF, JPG, etc. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
