Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] JPEG or TIFF
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:46:04 +0200
References: <ADF806E8F07ED211A6910000F83086E1ACA920@hrccex.hrcc.on.ca>

Jonathan,

Use TIFF. While JPEG is good for compressing files (e.g. for emailing or
displaying on the web), your raw scans should be saved in TIFF for best quality.

Nathan

"Lee, Jonathan" wrote:

> Luggers,
>
> I am just trying out a HP S20 scanner.  The software allows me to save files
> in either TIFF or JPEG format. Is there any advantage in using one or ther
> other, assuming the color and BW images will be exported to Photoshop for
> manipulation and output.
>
> Jonathan Lee

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Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] JPEG or TIFF)
In reply to: Message from "Lee, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Lee@hrcc.on.ca> ([Leica] JPEG or TIFF)