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How best to convert PNG to WebP
I have 900 large, proprietary, multi-coloured PNG images of different sizes scanned @ 600 PPI ranging from 10MB to 50MB. The scans (ie photos) are of prints. The average size is 35MB. They all have a ...
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Apple Preview vs. GIMP, Photoshop, Bridge etc. as PNG/TIFF to JPEG converter
I have a bunch of PNG and TIFF files—scans of old family photos and documents. I will keep them as archival masters, but for the purpose of online sharing I am creating JPEG's from these files. The ...
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Is jpeg or png the standard for fine art photography?
Is jpeg the predominant file format for fine art digital photographs, or what advantages would png have quality-wise that jpeg doesn't for photography, given that it takes up much more hard drive ...
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Why is JPEG the only compressed image choice in most digital cameras? [duplicate]
I've been viewing, editing, and storing digital images since before digital cameras were common -- I've used GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and a few other now-obsolete formats.
GIF has been mainly relegated ...
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What's the best format for pictures in order to have the most metadata?
Working with a smartphone, I've seen that JPEG shows a lot of information in the EXIF, where PNG not as much. However JPEG does some compression on the image which I'd like to avoid if not necessary ...
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Should I convert my family pictures from JPEG to PNG?
I have a lot of family pictures saved in Google Drive as JPEGs - not JPEG 2000 - as they were initially acquired.
I thought the problem with JPEGs was artifact at sharp edges, which is not too much ...
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Printing digital photos: why do (most it seems) print shops only handle PDF not raster formats like PNG?
I am in Sydney, Australia.
My otherwise very helpful local print shop only handles PDF (with limitations as described in this forum posting).
I have so far not found any print shops in Sydney that ...
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regarding image transfer [closed]
I have this client that is having a very frustrating time. I took some pictures for their clothing line. I formatted them for social media posting and copied them to a USB. I gave her the USB and for ...
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Is it not ideal to save image as PNG for printing?
So the scenario: I want to order a print of one of my images. It is a special image and will be relatively large (a couple of metres) so I want it to be perfect as possible.
I have the RAW file, ...
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Does converting image file formats affect quality?
Does converting image formats, such as from JPG to PNG, have any effect on image quality? I know converting from RAW to JPG has disadvantages, but what about other format conversions?
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Why doesn't PNG show more detail than JPEG in a converted NASA image?
I have a really limited knowledge of photography, so, bearing that in mind, here is my problem.
I downloaded an IMG file with a separate label file from NASA PDS because I wanted to visualise the ...
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Why don't most cameras support PNG format?
I prefer PNG format to JPG, because JPG uses lossy compression.
When I capture a screen in my PC or scan a picture or document in my scanner, I always save them as PNG format.
If a camera could ...
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