Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Tina...Math or no - and I probably failed more math courses than the average LUGer even took! - your explanation makes - some - sense. I'll check it out. B. D. Tina Manley wrote: > > At 08:42 PM 1/14/01 -0500, you wrote: > >I'm sure I'm missing something here, Tina...But I've been saving my > >files as neg size, 4000 dpi, Tiff files, compressed to about 2/3 of > >their size...so a 20 meg 8 bit gray scale file ends up stored at about > >14-17 Meg....open it up, resize it to what ever you want in what ever > >format, and go....AM I missing something? :-) > > > >B. D. > > B.D. - > > The explanation I have gotten is that when you depend on Photoshop or > another photo editing program to resample the file, you are either deleting > random pixels or adding manufactured pixels. Supposedly Genuine Fractals > uses a mathematical formula (fractals) that makes the whole process much > more efficient and undetectable. Math is not my forte and to even think > about fractals makes my hair hurt. I trust them and they do a great > job. Nikon must think the whole thing works or they would not be including > the software with their new scanners. You can save a 4 meg file and open > it as a 20 meg file with no loss of quality. You can make a 20 meg file, > save it as a 2 meg file and open it as a 60 meg file with no loss of quality. > > Check it out: > > http://www.altamira-group.com/html/how/f_howgf2.html > > I have had no problems with Genuine Fractals except that some filing > programs don't recognize the .stn file format, but I imagine that will > change with Nikon's use for their scanners. > > Leically, > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com