If you want to know that you can try it. Take a JPG and re-save it a few times. Yes, photos in Legacy should be in JPG for size. That doesn't mean editing them over and over. I start with TIFF and convert a copy to JPG if I want to link it. Just viewing them doesn't degrade them. ----- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://jlog.jgen.ws/
On 1/18/2013 2:04 PM, gcr...@juno.com wrote: > Just how much does a JPG 'degrade' when you edit it? Isn't recommended > that photo's in Legacy be in JPG format? Does just viewing them in > Legacy, or any other app for that matter, degrade them? > > gc > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: JLB <j...@jgen.ws> > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] jpeg and pdf pictures > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:56:12 -0800 > > And no, you shouldn't be editing JPG's. It's a compressed format and > every time you edit and re-save you'll lose picture quality. Your photos > should be in TIFF to begin with but that's not always possible. > ---- > JL Beeken > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://jlog.jgen.ws/ > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > *Woman is 53 But Looks 25* > Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/50f9c7213f48247201df7st02vuc>ConsumerLifestyleMag.com > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/50f9c7213f48247201df7st02vuc> > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
