On 2011/08/13 15:23, Priscilla Glasow wrote: > 1. Why do you first save images as TIFFs, then convert to JPEG? Why not save > as JPEGs from the beginning?
TIFF generally retains fine details better than JPEG. JPEG is a 'lossy' format. The more times that you edit a JPEG image and overwrite it, the more it loses definition. You can edit a TIFF image and the finer details will not be lost even if you overwrite the original. TIFF files are always larger than JPEGs, but that's because they contain more and finer details. TIFF is good for enlargements. So! Make your 'master' or 'archive' copies TIFF files, and create JPEG 'copies' from the masters. Of course, your master could always be a JPEG so long as you treat it as a read-only image and don't save an edited version back over it. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
