Re: Best format question

Greetings Peter,

When I want to work on my files, I always make a copy and save it for this
purpose. The original is archived for later use so it never is effected by
any changes I may make to it. The issue you have noted occurs when you save
the file. When you save it over and over, many times, it can be seen later.
So, you may want to work on a file until you are done then save it. If you
want to work on it several different ways, do the edits you want then save
that file before the varied edits of the last edit. This way you will reduce
the effect of and quality loss (it actually is pretty small).

Converting to a TIFF is, of course another way to save your files. I would
try that method to see if it suits you.

Good Luck with it, Peter, talk to you soon,

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company


"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1190145524.566348@xxxxxxxxxx
Hello. I am going to ask what is probably an incredibly basic question, so
please be gentle with me. I have been keen on photography all my life,
from my first Kodak Box Brownie in 1952, through to my grand old SLR. Then
I discovered digital, with which I am still very much a beginner. I have a
liffle Fuji FinePix A340 that only saves in JPG. For about three years I
have happily shot away and built up a collection in this format. Recently
I discovered that this format is prone to progressive quality loss over
successive saves. One or two of my images show this, as they have been
extensively worked on. I just love fiddling with them on the computer.

Trying to research this issue I came to the conclusion that TIF might be
better for storage. Drive space is not an issue for me, so thre's plenty
of room for them. The thing is, my camera only produces JPGs. I can't
afford to replace it with one that has the TIF option. However I do have
software that will batch convert image formats. So will it help if I get
the JPG images off the camera and immediately convert them to TIF before
doing anything else with them?

Grateful thanks for any advice you can offer this old fella.
--
Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.


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