JPEGs are not fragile at all. they are misused by the novice. every time you save a JPEF file from an image editing program, it recompresses the image. since JPEG is a lossy compress algorithm, that means each save throws away more of the image. i set my digital camera to capture at the least possible JPEG compression and anything that i decide worth working on gets converted to Photoshop format and stays that way. anybody that needs my files gets them as Photoshop or JPEG files created from the Photoshop original. i never alter the JPEG files from the camera.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 21:54 Subject: Re: Digital Lenses > I guess that those I really want to save I should move onto my H.D. > and thence to something like Graphic Converter, and save immediately > as TIFF files. > Then I can manipulate them without degrading them... > > I'm really an amateur at all this, but do read horror stories about > how 'fragile' JPEG files are... > > keith whaley
