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10/27/2004 08:37:45 AM · #1 |
I'm just starting to do a few functions/21st/etc for friends, and when i get paid, i usually just get them to buy the CD/DVD of the photo's from me. They then go to a digi-capable mini-lab to get prints.
Now, the question is: What file format do i use for the photo CD/DVD??
I would prefer not to use JPEG, or other low qual/high compression formats. Has anyone ever used LZW compressed TIFF's??
Any other suggestions?
Oh, and all the photo's were shot in RAW, so the world is my oyster in file format terms... |
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10/27/2004 08:48:00 AM · #2 |
give them jpegs
TIFFs don't work at most consumer labs. also, if they want to upload files onto an online printers site, TIFFs wont work either (for most)
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10/27/2004 08:50:33 AM · #3 |
It makes me feel so dirty giving people images with the majority of the colour info missing...
("Get off damn spot" - Lady Macbeth) |
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10/27/2004 08:53:40 AM · #4 |
Easy. Give them JPEGs and ALSO give them TIFFs.
CD-Rs are cheap. Wedddings are expensive. |
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10/27/2004 09:02:25 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by wimbello:
It makes me feel so dirty giving people images with the majority of the colour info missing... |
Only a photographer would even know this ... and if they know enough about photography to know this, they also would know that .jpg is pretty much the standard. |
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10/27/2004 09:05:09 AM · #6 |
Walmart prefers jpg. Shutterfly prefers jpg. Ofoto prefers jpg. DPCPrints prefers jpg.
Where would you like them to be printed? :)
M
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10/27/2004 09:09:24 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by mavrik:
Where would you like them to be printed? :) |
Any mini-lab near them. Maybe I should just ask a couple of minilabs... |
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10/27/2004 09:20:27 AM · #8 |
the average person will not be able to tell if the photo was printed as a JPEG or a TIFF. I wouldn't worry too much about giving them a JPEG. the quality between an 11x14 jpeg print and an 11x14 tiff print is small.
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10/27/2004 09:53:58 AM · #9 |
I can promise you that they'll be infinitely more concerned about the content and composition of the shots than the technical details of the file. Give 'em .jpgs... unless they're pretty computer savvy, they're not going to have a clue what to do with them otherwise, and they're going to be pretty ticked off if they can't walk into a Wal-Mart or other easily accessible place to get prints.
Message edited by author 2004-10-27 09:54:56. |
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10/27/2004 11:11:26 AM · #10 |
JPEG.
Everyone knows what a jpeg is. Well anyone hiring a digital photographer anyway. |
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10/27/2004 11:20:34 AM · #11 |
[quote=wimbello
Any mini-lab near them. Maybe I should just ask a couple of minilabs... [/quote]
Nah, no need. JPEG only please. TIFF can be done in some labs, but most can't. Wal-Mart, Ritz, Motophoto, Costco...etc all use machinery where JPEG is the prefered format.
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10/27/2004 11:34:23 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by wimbello:
It makes me feel so dirty giving people images with the majority of the colour info missing...
("Get off damn spot" - Lady Macbeth) |
Why do you believe that the majority of the color into is missing in a jpeg? If you keep the compression low I doubt that you would be able to tell the difference between a jpeg and a tiff. Try it, save as a jpeg, using low compression , then print out both the tiff and the jpeg. Use the same program to print both and see if you can tell any difference at all between the two.
TIFF is good to use when you are going to edit the photo, such as aggressively pulling out details from the shadows. In this case jpeg artifacts can show up. But if your clients are just going to be making prints from your photos then jpeg will not only look ok but nobody would be able to tell the difference between the jpeg and the tiff.
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10/27/2004 12:20:22 PM · #13 |
| I've been factory-trained as a color separator for graphics (i.e. print production and pre-press). One of the misconceptions about compression is that it damages color. This is simply not true: what goes away first is subtle tonal variation, then details are lost. The color is not particularly a priority in the compression scheme because there is no storage space issues for different colors: a blue pixel isn't smaller than red pixel. |
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