On Dec 18, 2010, at 10:35 PM, steve harley wrote: > On 2010-12-18 14:11 , Kenton Brede wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:27 PM, steve harley<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> do you see the "pixelation" in the RAW? those rectangular blocks seem too >>> uniform to represent data from the sensor, so something is creating them - >>> denoising? i dunno >> >> I don't see it in the RAW. It's only when I save as JPEG.
How are you saving as a jpeg? There are degrees of jpeg compression that will result in different levels of quality. A best quality, level 11 or 12, jpeg saved in PhotoShop should yield a file that is indistinguishable from a tiff to the naked eye. Paul > > i'm sure it's an artifact of JPEG compression then; the shadows have such > little contrast that the "approximation" done by JPEG compression results in > the blockiness; you may want to look at your monitor settings if it's really > obvious to you -- it's extremely subtle for me unless i boost the brightness > > as for a solution, perhaps increase the contrast in the shadows and/or drop > the black point so that the shadow has less "pure black in it" > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
