On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, ronnie gauthier wrote: > For the average use there is not much difference...except for one > thing,and it can make a great differnece in the final outcome. > > TIFF is a loss-less format...JPG is not. > Graphics apps compress a jpg *everytime* it is saved. So if you import > from your cam as a jpg and them play around with it and resave it four > or five times...well...
This is untrue. xv allows you to select the compression ratio when saving. You can set it to 1:1, and get zero compression over the current. I'd be surprised if apps like The Gimp didn't have the same functionality. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
