Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Over the last few days I've been experimenting with some PEF files and some files scanned from various color films. When I resize the files to the same dimensions, the scanned files are always larger (in kb's) than the files from the istD. While I know that there will always be some differences i

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Curious Anomoly? or something more? Files are adjusted to the same ppi, same dimensions, and saved identically to the same degree in Photoshop. Any thoughts on why this may be so? What format are you saving to? William Robb

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Both to JPEG. Shel > [Original Message] > From: William Robb > - Original Message - > From: "Shel Belinkoff" > Subject: Curious Anomoly? or something more? > > > > > > Files are adjusted to the same ppi, same dimensions, and saved iden

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Peter Lacus
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Over the last few days I've been experimenting with some PEF files and some files scanned from various color films. When I resize the files to the same dimensions, the scanned files are always larger (in kb's) than the files from the istD. While I know that there will always

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more? Both to JPEG. I bet you will find you are saving more noise with the film files (as Peter surmised). William Robb

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Herb Chong
what file format? it's most likely noise, specifically film grain. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: Curious Anomoly? or something more? Files are adjusted to the same ppi,

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
It's noise from grain causing the poorer JPEG compression. Godfrey On Mar 20, 2005, at 7:07 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Both to JPEG. Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Curious Anomoly? or something more? Files

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Are you saving with the same software? The amount of jpeg compression can vary widely. In PhotoShop the degree of compression is, of course, selectable. Paul On Mar 20, 2005, at 10:29 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Re: Curious A

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes, all saved in PS to the same degree of compression. A few have suggested that it's noise, but I don't know for sure what noise is. The images look nice and smooth and don't show any artifacts or junk. Someone suggested film grain ... maybe that's what it is. Shel > [Original Message] > F

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've noticed that photos with a lot of detail and multiple colors don't compress very well. I imagine grain vs. the absence thereof would have the same effect. Paul On Mar 20, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Yes, all saved in PS to the same degree of compression. A few have suggested th

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread Herb Chong
if there is film grain, it's not nice and smooth by definition. Herb - Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more? A few have suggested that it's n

Re: Curious Anomoly? or something more?

2005-03-20 Thread John Francis
Shel Belinkoff mused: > > Over the last few days I've been experimenting with some PEF files and some > files scanned from various color films. When I resize the files to the > same dimensions, the scanned files are always larger (in kb's) than the > files from the istD. While I know that there