RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-04 Thread Derek Clarke
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Derek Clarke Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: File format The difficult part is re-saving the file with the same compression ratio as it had originally. Even the mighty

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-04 Thread Bob Shomler
That wouldn't help as different programs use different scales in their Options or Save As boxes to determine JPEG compression levels, there doesn't seem to be a standard. Also as other people in this thread have pointed out, even repeatedly saving the file at the same compression level in the

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Arthur Entlich
I have to agree with Hugo here. His explanation is what I always read and learned, and it also makes perfect sense. The only very slight disagreement I'd have is that it might be possible that if you open and save in JPEG format enough times, you might actually reach a point where you are

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Arthur Entlich
ths of jpeg compression care to comment and suggest reasons for the discrepancy, please? Or maybe Henk's and my results need repeating, like cold fusion and life on Mars? Alan T - Original Message - From: Hugo Gvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 12:44

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Bill Ross
The only very slight disagreement I'd have is that it might be possible that if you open and save in JPEG format enough times, you might actually reach a point where you are "chasing your tail" and that certain random pixels will change one way one time and then

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Richard Starr
--- You wrote: Anyway, I just know I'm going to be nit-picked to death about my very simplified descriptions to what are very complex mathematical functions, but I hope this is somewhat helpful in explaining the differences between JPEG and other compression methods, and why a photograph shows

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Derek Clarke
in data or quality. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Larry Berman Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format What would be the point of storing and reopening and saving

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Jack Phipps
I've been holding off weighing in on this subject area because I'm not expert but I may be able to shed some light. I just ran some experiments and I put the images into a directory on our website: http://www.asf.com/temp/. Our webmaster helped out by converting all the tifs to jpegs for viewing

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Laurie Solomon
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: File format The difficult part is re-saving the file with the same compression ratio as it had originally. Even the mighty Photoshop just uses one compression ratio for all JPEG file saves. That compression ratio can be set manually

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Shough, Dean
Your results will vary depending on the image you use. I hope this data is useful. Your conclusions will vary depending on your needs obviously. I did a similar test using a 1k by 1k piece out of the PhotoDisc test image. The original image is extremely sharp and contains nice flesh tones and

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Lynn Allen
Derek wrote: The difficult part is re-saving the file with the same compression ratio as it had originally. Even the mighty Photoshop just uses one compression ratio for all JPEG file saves. You can save at the same compression ratio, but that doesn't mean much. I noticed this several months

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Bill Ross
I just ran some experiments and I put the images into a directory on our website: http://www.asf.com/temp/. Our webmaster helped out by converting all the tifs to jpegs for viewing (uh-oh). I've asked him to convert them back, The converted-back ones will be just

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Arthur Entlich
Without wishing to add to you "pain" ;-), I was surprised to determine that this exact situation (the "leveling" of the compression) occurs much sooner than I expected. You will probably have noted that via my recent posting to that effect, where I monitored file sizes after repeated Jpeg

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Michael Moore
Hey, Bill... your webmaster also made those files password protected Mike M. Bill Ross wrote: I just ran some experiments and I put the images into a directory on our website: http://www.asf.com/temp/. Our webmaster helped out by converting all the tifs

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Laurie Solomon
debate and caused everyone to go to all this experimental trouble testing out their positions. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: File for

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Bill Ross
It seems the algorithm rather rapidly reaches the point of "no further benefit" and stabilizes the file size, and likely also the amount of change in the pixel structure. Yes, perhaps with variations of degree between programs. Until a lower-quality rating is

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-02 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Henk de Jong wrote: Laurie Solemon wrote: Out of curiosity, how many timed did you do this and what sorts of changes did you see? I took a picture, saved, closed and re-opened it ten times. After every step (save, close and re-open) I compared the new image with the

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-02 Thread Alan Tyson
PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format Come on guys, what happens when you save with jpeg or any other compression that loses data? You save the file, the compression algorithm desides what information can be thrown away, and then saves it..

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Henk de Jong
Each time there would be some generational loss. Not necessarily true. If you open and close ( or resave) the compressed file without changing the compression from one quality level to another in the case of .jog or without resampling the image prior to closing or resaving the file, there

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Alan Tyson
Maris said: Just a note on LZW compressed image portability - I have run into one instance where an LZW compressed image was not portable - when exporting a 48-bit compressed TIFF from Vuescan to Corel PhotoPaint 9 it opens but the image is unrecognizable. If exported uncompressed there is

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Mikael Risedal
? that we photographers are "over do it " when we are delivering pictures in big tif or psd files. Mikael Risedal Lund Sweden From: "Laurie Solomon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: File format Date: Thu,

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Tony Sleep
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:49:05 +0800 httin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Did any one knows whether is there any informations/details loses when store in compressed JPG format in maximum quality 10 and while you keep opening and saving the same file many times? If you merely open and save a

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Ezio
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: File format Mikael wrote: I think there are some myths about jpg. tif. psd. and high quality printing pictures. We (printing company, myself and a medical company picture bank) have done

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
: RE: filmscanners: File format Mikael wrote: I think there are some myths about jpg. tif. psd. and high quality printing pictures. We (printing company, myself and a medical company picture bank) have done tests about saving pictures that later can used to print out on high glossy paper. All

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henk de Jong Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format Each time there would be some generational loss. Not necessarily true. If you open and close

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Lynn Allen
, 2001 1:40:00 PM GMT Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:49:05 +0800 httin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Did any one knows whether is there any informations/details loses when store in compressed JPG format in maximum quality 10 and while you keep opening and saving

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Alan Tyson
save routine, because each has its own scale and criteria for 'jpeg quality'. Regards, Alan T - Original Message - From: Lynn Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 5:57 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Alan Tyson
] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 5:51 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: File format Out of curiosity, how many timed did you do this and what sorts of changes did you see? Have you tried the same experiment using another image editing program to eliminate the possibility that it might be more

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
D] Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format Tony wrote: If you merely open and save a JPEG at the same compression, without editing, you lose nothing. If you edit, you lose information. It's impossible to quantify how much, since it varies depending on the image and what you do to it. That's right

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread Henk de Jong
Laurie Solemon wrote: Out of curiosity, how many timed did you do this and what sorts of changes did you see? I took a picture, saved, closed and re-opened it ten times. After every step (save, close and re-open) I compared the new image with the original and found small differences, we all

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-30 Thread httin
// Thank you for every one who participate my question. Now I got the point. HT Tin 31st/Mar/2001 // Tony Sleep wrote: On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:49:05 +0800 httin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Did any one knows whether is there any informations/details loses when store in compressed JPG

filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread httin
Did any one knows whether is there any informations/details loses when store in compressed JPG format in maximum quality 10 and while you keep opening and saving the same file many times? And how about the raw file TIFF? Thanks. HT Tin

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Larry Berman
What would be the point of storing and reopening and saving the same image in a compressed format repeatedly. Each time there would be some generational loss. Store in an uncompressed native format to your graphics program. If you open a jpeg in Photoshop it automatically takes on the

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
larry wrote: What would be the point of storing and reopening and saving the same image in a compressed format repeatedly. Each time there would be some generational loss. This is only true of lossy compressed formats like jpeg and PCD. Store in an uncompressed native format to your

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of httin Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 7:49 PM To: filmscanners Subject: filmscanners: File format Did any one knows whether is there any informations/details loses when store in compressed JPG format in maximum quality 10

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
losses in data or quality. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Larry Berman Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format What would be the point of storing and reopening and saving the same

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Larry Berman
Hi Rob, The original question was asked about repeatedly opening and saving as a jpeg. larry wrote: What would be the point of storing and reopening and saving the same image in a compressed format repeatedly. Each time there would be some generational loss. Rob wrote: This is only true

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Frank Paris
] Subject: RE: filmscanners: File format Each time there would be some generational loss. Not necessarily true. If you open and close ( or resave) the compressed file without changing the compression from one quality level to another in the case of .jog or without resampling the image prior

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
, and once in PhotoPaint it can be compressed using LZW. This appears to be one exception. Maris - Original Message - From: "Rob Geraghty" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:15 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: File format | larry wrote: |