File formats

[Net Llama!]

TIFF is an uncompressed, raw image format, and I believe that its
lossless.  So the images are HUGE (in filesize).

PNG is a compressed lossy format.

So it comes down to whether you are willing to trade off some quality for
size reduction.

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Harry G wrote:

> How does .png file formats compare in quality to .tiff or .jpg files?  I
> need to scan and save a lot of photos, and these are my choices for
> formats.
>
> TIA
>
> Harry G
>

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