Ah, perfection at at last. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/26/2011 1:15 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Chuck and C.H.,
>
> The Tulip "zit" is now gone!
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Friday+Tulip.tif.html
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Nichols"<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 11:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Friday Tulip - Jim N.
>
>
>> Thanks for the clarification, C.H. When I save jpegs, I normally use
>> level
>> 12 in PS Elements unless the destination places a limit on file size.
>>
>> So, it appears that I can convert to 8-bit and do a final cleanup of my
>> images without losing any quality in the displayed image. That helps me
>> in
>> my decision making.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "C.H.Ling"<ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 11:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Friday Tulip - Jim N.
>>
>>
>>> Our monitor can only display 8 bit information (24 bit RGB). TIFFs are
>>> mostly non compressed (and not compress very well), JPEG is compressed
>>> image, some informations are lost during the compression. In many cases
>>> the
>>> quality loss is very little unless you use very high compression rate. I
>>> use
>>> level 11 in PS, I cannot distinguish its quality from TIFF.
>>>
>>> C.H.Ling
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jim Nichols"<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Chuck and C.H.,
>>>>
>>>> The images that I post are placed in the Leica Users Group (LUG)
>>>> gallery,
>>>> which will accept either tiff or jpeg images. The tiff image files are
>>>> much
>>>> larger than the jpegs, hence I concluded that they contained more
>>>> details,
>>>> etc. In looking at the images that I have posted recently, the tiff
>>>> images
>>>> "appear to me" to be of better quality. Perhaps this is just a
>>>> perception
>>>> that I have. For that reason, I have sometimes resisted changing them
>>>> to
>>>> 8-bit for final touch up.
>>>>
>>>> Am I mistaken? Do our monitors and prints show only what would exist in
>>>> an
>>>> 8-bit image? I'm not enough of a techie to know how to evaluate this.
>>>>
>>>> I also save all of my RAW files, so I can, and sometimes do start over
>>>> when
>>>> I don't like my work in post-processing.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> touch pixel brightness levels
>>>>>>> except for final sharpening at print resolution.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If neither your display nor prints can show the 16-bit
>>>>>>> color/luminosity
>>>>>>> detail why keep it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 3/25/2011 6:04 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>>>>>> Thanks, Chuck. I have had a busy day, but saw that after I put it
>>>>>>>> up.
>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>> torn, at times, between the need to edit, which, in my case means
>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> an 8-bit image, or the desire to retain more detail in a 16-bit tiff
>>>>>>>> image.
>>>>>>>> Lately, when I can, I have been going with the tiff.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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