On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 18:07 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:54 PM, David Hodson <hods...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 13:32 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote:
> >> [...] the same JPG can be interpreted differently by > >> different software, so opening it in GIMP might look different than > >> another program perhaps. > > > > I'm fairly sure this is not true - there is only one way to uncompress a > > JPG file, so all programs should create the same uncompressed version. > > >From an old JPEG FAQ: > > "Another important aspect of JPEG is that decoders can trade off > decoding speed against image quality, by using fast but inaccurate > approximations to the required calculations. Good point. I would argue that's not really interpreting the JPG differently, just being more or less accurate in your interpretation. However, the user may still see some minor differences. > Also, of course, things like color management and other kinds of > post-processing can cause differences when the same file is opened in > different programs. Of course. -- David _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
