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Lossless Images...
So I am working with a new book publisher. They want to make micro-sites for all of their books. I am not a graphics designer and I do not have Photoshop. I do not wish to buy Photoshop. However the publisher will need to forward me images of book covers and authors for resizing and placing on the websites as needed. Currently they are using JPEG but I am not sure that is the best method. Most images they send my are in excess of 4000 X 3000 pixels.
What is the best cross-platform lossless image format supported by the majority of graphics applications? I am thinking TIF myself but wanted to hear other ideas. I primarily use Paint Shop Pro but have not upgraded to version 10 after it was bought by Corel. When I do so, PSDs would be viable but it doesn't support all features. Spending $900.00 for Photoshop is not an option. |
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You can get Photoshop CS2 for under $200 on ebay...legally
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Hmmm.. Have tried Photoshop a couple a time on free trials and it was one of the most confusing pieces of software I have ever seen. Do I really need to spend $200 dollars just to resize images?
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What about (dare I say) MS Paint? Using the sketch & skew option, I resize all my photographs and images perfeclty. >.>
Or you could always go with Macromedia Fireworks...or if you're on Linux, GIMP is the way to go. |
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Paint Shop Pro from www.jasc.com is what I use. Works great and at a great price.
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i second PSP
very good programm, which can convert between a lot of formats. and to answer the other question. JPEG2000 would be a good format, but not every program can handle these yet, but the bigger ones can. |
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I have Paint Shop Pro (which is actually owned by Corel now)... An application to use really wasn't the question.
I am specifically asking about which Lossless file formet would be best for subsequent image manipulation. I can have them save in Lossless JPEG (4300 X 3200 image is ~26 MB) or TIFF (same image is ~30MB).. I don't know how large PSD at that resolution is. These are not Layered images and they do not need to be. I do not need to edit the image except for cropping, resizing and optimizing. With Paint Shop Pro, I can take the same Lossless JPEG and save it with relative clarity at the sizes I needed... For example, look at www.returnofwhitebuffalo.com, both the painting in the header and the book cover are two such images that I was given at large resolutions. Both came from 25 MB files or so and I was able to reduce them significantly with Paintshop Pro. So the question at hand is will I get better results from an image format other than Lossless JPEG? File size doesn't matter. All file exchanges are done on Rewriteable CDs and I only get a few images at a time, around a dozen or so. p.s. Microsoft Paint will not load these files. It doesn't understand Lossless JPEG. |
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Since it's already in conventional JPEG (which isn't lossless even at 100%) converting it to another format is useless, the image quality is already destroyed. Either start with a lossless format, or just stick with what you have. Chris |
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I'll just stick with Lossless JPEG format (which is different than standard JPEG at 100%). It seems the only a few programs support it and Photoshop isn't one of them. Paint Shop Pro supports it though. Quote:
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I was going to say PSD also, but all layers would have to be flattened or merged in Photoshop before saving for Paintshop Pro to open the PSD correctly. |
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