mohamad Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hi all , I have some files saved as jpegs if i want to save them as tiff will they loose any quality ? thank you for your time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strpichu Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 No they won't. But what's lost in JPEG, stays lost :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denisgermain Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 ... but they won't self-destruct either if you leave 'em like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamad Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 i hope they're not :) no its just that i'm submitting my work to an agency and they want tiffs so i don't wanna re-edit everything from raw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 They want the tiff's for a reason. Reassigning your jpegs to tiff's isn't going the same as convertng a raw to tiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 garbage in, garbage out....if you are professional enough to submit your stuff to magazine, be professional enough to give them quality image form your quality file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dunn2 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 <p>Well, presumably the agency won't simply say "Ah, he uploaded TIFFs; we'll assume they're good enough." They'll open the files and examine them at 100% before deciding if your images meet their quality standards.</p> <p>If you originally saved your JPEGs at a very high quality level, chances are that when you resave them as TIFFs and submit them, the agency won't find anything wrong with them (at least, nothing related to your original choice of JPEG format). It will be your little secret (shared with us and anyone else who happens to Google this topic and finds this thread) that you had originally saved them in a lossy format.</p> <p>But going forward, if you care about your images, you should not save your master copies in a lossy format such as JPEG. Avoid lossy formats for intermediate formats (e.g. if you have to save your work at some point before it's completed, or if you have to save the output of your RAW converter to a file and then open it in your photo editor), and save your master copy in a lossless format. When you want to print a 4x6" at the local minilab, sure, use a high-quality JPEG; chances are they don't even accept TIFF. Mailing a copy to a friend? JPEG. Posting on your Web site? JPEG. But your master copy shouldn't be a JPEG.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamad Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 Steve thank you very much , i always save my files as tiffs its a few hundred images that i worked on before and saved as jpgs cos thats whats the other agency require and if i wasn't concern about the quality i wouldn't be asking any questions here so i guess i'm gonna have to redo them anyway , and what about you patrick why are you soo mad lol take it easy buddy its not worth it. thank you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 im not mad (why would i be?) it is just the simple truth... : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamad Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 ok ok as long as youre not mad :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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