Re: Best way to take closeup pics for ebay auctions

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:44:51 -0700, the renowned ~^Johnny^~
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:28:38 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
><speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>TIFF files use "lossless" compression (or no compression), so they are
>>better for intermediate storage (if any intermediate storage is
>>required). Often I have just the input 16 bit-per-pixel RAW file and
>>the output JPG. I use 16-bit format (as it comes from my camera) until
>>the photo is pretty much done (especially wrt adjustments in
>>brightness, contrast, curves, burn, dodging, color balance) because
>>when you convert to 8-bit format you can lose important detail in the
>>shadows and/or highlights. Good lighting, composition and a decent
>>camera can minimize the need to make any of those adjustments-- just
>>set it up, snap, crop and go in many cases.
>>
>>JPG is pretty much the only reasonable choice the final files for
>>actual viewing. .
>
>
>I used to use TIF for storing workfiles, but now I use only PSD.
>It's faster than TIF, when opening/saving. Forget compression.
>Hard drives are cheap.

Modern PSD files are (lossless) compressed using RLE by default,
otherwise they'd be huge (they're only big).

There's also a flattened image saved simultaneously with the layered
image, a features which you can turn off if you don't need it ("Always
Maximize Compatbility.. PSD Files" in Preferences).


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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