Well stated and I agree entirely. Also if one thinks they might be doing multiple edits on the same jpg image, then resaving it each time using the minimal amount of compression will result in a final image that has virtually no discernible difference from the original image. The use of tiff files is greatly overstated.
Brian in California -----Original Message----- From: David Abernathy [mailto:da...@schmeckabernathy.com] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:01 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] GraphicsMagick If the source file (Ancestry) is a jpg, then by saving it as a tiff will NOT improve the quality. Now that you have a file and it is a jpg, true each time you edit it you MAY lose some quality, but how many times is one going to edit their files. Also note that MOST of these real large tiff files are also the source of many problems when making reports and charts. Unless one is going to be printing out super large 11x17 or larger, then you will not gain much using tiff files. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:40 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GraphicsMagick On 28/04/2013 01:29, Priscilla Glasow wrote: > I'm trying to save files in TIFF format as recommended in the Legacy > training videos. I can save files from Ancestry in JPG, but not TIFF. Whenever I download a file from Ancestry I download it straight into IrfanView (free program, much recommended by many LUGgers but you can choose to use whatever picture editing software you like) so that I can crop it, straighten it or improve its clarity and then I save it. I could choose to save them as Tiffs, but as it happens, practically all the ex-Ancestry documents are saved as Jpegs because it is not necessary to have a huge, high-quality file for a Census image or Parish Register image which is never going to be edited again. I've just checked - I have 3,790 Census images and at least 1,204 Parish Register images already: would take a heck of a lot of hard drive space if they were all Tiffs! -- Jenny M Benson 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
