We've been working with the wdp file format (Windows Media Photo) for some months now. Think of it as comparable to jpeg2000 in terms of file size and compression behaviour. Compression at very high settings is probably superior to jp2 files and especially in edge areas of high contrast. It will be natively supported by Vista and XP next year, but the licensing side still concerns me. I think MSFT is starting to get open source but I have bad memories of stuff like this... Compression tools are non-existant at the moment but coming soon. wdp files are also the format that the forthcoming XPS document format uses. ========================= Michael Stocking Managing Director Armadillo Systems 87 Lancaster Road London W11 1QQ +44 (0)20 7229 0754 michael at armadillosystems.com
On 17 Oct 2006, at 07:19, Amalyah Keshet wrote: > Unlikely. Has anyone looked into this? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > "If it is up to Microsoft, the omnipresent JPEG image format will be > replaced by Windows Media Photo. > The software maker detailed the new image format Wednesday at the > Windows > Hardware Engineering Conference here. Windows Media Photo will be > supported > in Windows Vista and also be made available for Windows XP, Bill Crow, > program manager for Windows Media Photo, said in a presentation. > "One of the biggest reasons people upgrade their PCs is digital > photos," > Crow said, noting that Microsoft has been in contact with printer > makers, > digital camera companies and other unnamed industry partners while > working > on Windows Media Photo. Microsoft touts managing "digital memories" > as one > of the key attributes of XP successor Vista. > In his presentation, Crow showed an image with 24:1 compression > that visibly > contained more detail in the Windows Media Photo format than the > JPEG and > JPEG 2000 formats compressed at the same level." > > http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6076650.html > > > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > fax 02-670-8064 > tel 02-670-8874 > akeshet at imj.org.il > > _______________________________________________ > 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
