Uploading digital photos

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, ronnie gauthier wrote:
> For the average use there is not much difference...except for one
> thing,and it can make a great differnece in the final outcome.
>
> TIFF is a loss-less format...JPG is not.
> Graphics apps compress a jpg *everytime* it is saved. So if you import
> from your cam as a jpg and them play around with it and resave it four
> or five times...well...

This is untrue.  xv allows you to select the compression ratio when
saving.  You can set it to 1:1, and get zero compression over the current.
I'd be surprised if apps like The Gimp didn't have the same functionality.

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