Ok, so if I need to post-manipulate the image for a particular reason, it might be worth saving it as a TIFF. Otherwise it seems there's no especial benefit in the standard case, and a risk to quality unless I'm particularly careful.
Many thanks for the advice. -- Ciao Richard Foley Supporting Naked Activities http://www.naktiv.net On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 04:48:26PM -0400, Gregory Pittman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/10/2012 04:20 PM, Craig Bradney wrote: > > On 6/10/12 10:15 PM, Richard Foley wrote: > >> When creating a PDF with Scribus, is there any particular > >> advantage to converting JPG photographs to TIFF format, before > >> generating a PDF? > >> > >> I ask because this was recommended to me as the right way to > >> proceed to generate a PDF for printing via LSI for instance, but > >> it is unclear to me as to why this would be in any way > >> beneficial. It seems to me likely merely to increase the file > >> sizes required, but am happy to be corrected. > >> > >> Thanks for any clarification. > >> > > > > If the images are already jpgs, then any conversion should be > > avoided. Yes, its likely you just get larger images, but possibly > > will lose some data. JPG is fully supported by PDF so LSI should > > not have any issues with them. Of course, converting to JPG blindly > > may mean you lose quality and depending on the type of file > > (photo/flat drawing etc) may not gain you much space. > > > and the thing to add that if you DO process the image externally and > will be saving it afterward, this is where a TIFF might be useful > since it's lossless. > > Greg > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJP1QgaAAoJEAedlW2cUU+MO5QIAKR0ErPh86D1UWPCjErBhTtb > AZbZ4dFZeTuDtbIIYUxqHxLIKXapxvO0bLPlA6C6pIKhtdlY8yO0DHaWVoyvABwJ > oBDMfjWIajhbLuG7OE/pkU3KgQ0Ec8I4115MMdV9FTHrMdSWzjZYy1vD7zeXci1C > NW+xVa46pnG2LBc6Uxdo9rvOzdq+SpzQoheRrTqjCYSrFdFpZOzg5mmpwtfupfPD > rGkWrYcEBfkdzNrlpA7hukLh5oxKxkpEzxFLe9dFHdZuIBo+d66w00IEerE20RP4 > zyY6HJ5urvAXw4h6GM6DslPvsspoykDmJup4NDBLg9xNf2gCV4F+ndLZhOSZlNg= > =5FWw > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
