I slept well last night and in a better mood generally. Your "demanded" answer is appreciated.
Thanks! Jack --- Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28 Nov 2005 at 18:54, Jack Davis wrote: > > > I'll work on being "meaningful." In the meantime I'd love to feel > > content with an answer to what I though was an embarrassingly basic > > question: Will a 1.5mb or 1.5mp jpeg produce as sharp a 20x30 print > as > > a 6.0mb or 6.0mp RAW capture? > > My guess is that based on mb, no. > > Correct, there's no magic to JPEG compression, as you scale down the > print size of course the differences will be overcome at a particular > size (as determined by the characteristics of the printer). > > > Re-opening a seriously compressed jpeg should be sparingly done to > > avoid artifacts? B'lieve that's what I heard and have experienced. > > Opened and saved yes, if you are intending to edit and save it more > than once > you are best off saving the first edit as a TIFF or in some other > no-loss > format. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
