a BMP format file stores none of the really useful information to a photographer. for scans from film, the most important thing missing, which they may be too lazy or inept to set properly anyway, is the scanner color profile they used for the scan.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 9:58 PM Subject: Re: To bitmap or not to bitmap ... > The people in the store were clear ... I wasn't because I used the tem "bitmap" > instead on BMP. > > So, with all this technical talk, which is really very interesting, my original > questions remain unanswered ... at least it seems so: > > Why use a BMP file to burn the images on a CD when everyone else seems to be > using something other (or are they)? What is gained or lost by using the BMP > > TIFF/PSD scenario? Is better to use a TIFF or PSD right from the beginning, no?
