I agree RAW if the better way to go. And as has been pointed out, RAW should be processed to TIFF for printing and JPEG for web delivery.
Do not archive RAW for preservation. The RAW formats are proprietary and require some software for processing. If that software isn't available in 50 years (or 5 years!), your RAW files won't be readable. For that reason, we recommend processing RAW to Adobe DNG format. DNG has all the quality advantages of RAW but is promoted as an open standard by Adobe and others. As an alternative, you can process the RAW files to 16 bit/channel TIFFs and preserve those. TIFFs are open standards as well but do not offer all the advantages of DNG. Howard Brainen TWO CAT DIGITAL INC. 14719 Catalina Street San Leandro, CA 94577 USA 510-483-1220 x201 FAX 510-483-1293 www.twocatdigital.com Digital Imaging Consulting & Digitization Services -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathy Amoroso Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:42 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] RAW vs. TIF Hello all, I am new to this group so pardon me if this discussion has already happened. If it has, please direct me to the correct month in the archive. I was wondering what the museum trend is now for using RAW format files in photography of digital objects. We at Maine Memory Network (www.mainememory.net) have a camera that saves RAW and JPG and for now have been sticking with JPG. We are getting questioned internally about RAW, however. We save our scans as TIF and then convert them to JPG for the website. Any thoughts on the subject would be greatly appreciated. ************************ Kathy Amoroso Director of Digital Projects, kamoroso at mainehistory.org Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
