It's not 12 times. It's "12 level" jpeg quality. When you save a jpeg in photoshop, the save screen allowes you to choose a quality number. "12" is the maximum quality possible. It provides less compression than a lower number but with commensurately less degradation. Paul
> In a message dated 12/6/2005 4:39:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > True. Closing a JPEG does not alter it in any way. Saving it > recompresses the data, with commensurate loss. > > However, if you always save JPEGs at the highest quality (12 in > Photoshop) the loss will be minimal. You can resave JPEGs saved at > 12 several times before the loss becomes evident. > > Bob > ======= > Where do you get this 12 times figure? When I was working with graphic files, > admittedly not photographs, it seemed to me there was a degradation after the > second resave. > > Marnie aka Doe >
