-- Posted by TRUE COLOR at 9:31 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AL LOF THE DIFFERENT FORMATTS FOR PHOTOS WICH ARE STORED TO YOURE PC FROM A DIGITAL CAMERA AND HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT CHANGING THEIR formats. -- Posted by Bah Humbug at 9:32 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 You should have turned off the caps lock sooner. -- Posted by ShadesofGray at 9:33 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 First off, I think you may have accidentally bumped your caps-lock button. In response to your question, use a program like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP. -- Posted by ecoyd1 at 9:33 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Some have different compression rates, some are lossy/lossless. Some let you save layers and other information for later use in photoshop and other imaging programs. Could you speak clearer? -- Posted by ragemore at 9:35 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from Bah Humbug at 9:32 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 You should have turned off the caps lock sooner. Normally I'm right there on the whole stop capitalizing issue. But he says he's legally blind, and I've no reason to think he's lying. So lay off. Use a picture editing software. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 9:41 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from ragemore at 11:35 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from Bah Humbug at 9:32 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 You should have turned off the caps lock sooner.   Normally I'm right there on the whole stop capitalizing issue. But he says he's legally blind, and I've no reason to think he's lying. So lay off.   Use a picture editing software. Why would a blind person need to know picture formats?  I'm just a tad curious. -- Posted by holysaiyan1 at 9:42 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 This is just a rough outline, and contains some of my opinions, but still, I press on: JPEG, JPG- Good for posting pictures online.  Trades file size for picture quality.  In 90% of cases, the change is barely noticeable, except for close inspection. GIF- Most.  Annoying. Format.  Ever.  I use it for animated pictures such as avatars and buddy icons, but that's it. BMP- No need to save a picture as this.  Most cameras save the pictures as such, but the quality-for-size argument mentioned above is kind of pointless in this case.  Just edit and save as JPEG, save everyone the trouble. PDF- Annoying format, but good on quality.  Avoid. For most cases, JPEG is pretty much your best bet.  I doubt your a power user, so don't bother with the other formats.  I'm not being rude, personally I flatten any of the layers in Photoshop and save pictures as high-quality JPEG's.  That makes it easier for people who I may want to share files directly with, easier for both of us. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 10:06 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from holysaiyan1 at 11:42 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 This is just a rough outline, and contains some of my opinions, but still, I press on: JPEG, JPG- Good for posting pictures online.  Trades file size for picture quality.  In 90% of cases, the change is barely noticeable, except for close inspection. GIF- Most.  Annoying. Format.  Ever.  I use it for animated pictures such as avatars and buddy icons, but that's it. BMP- No need to save a picture as this.  Most cameras save the pictures as such, but the quality-for-size argument mentioned above is kind of pointless in this case.  Just edit and save as JPEG, save everyone the trouble. PDF- Annoying format, but good on quality.  Avoid. For most cases, JPEG is pretty much your best bet.  I doubt your a power user, so don't bother with the other formats.  I'm not being rude, personally I flatten any of the layers in Photoshop and save pictures as high-quality JPEG's.  That makes it easier for people who I may want to share files directly with, easier for both of us. PNG is another big one. -- Posted by TRUE COLOR at 6:58 am on Dec. 15, 2006 Quote: from espresso8097 at 9:41 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from ragemore at 11:35 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from Bah Humbug at 9:32 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 You should have turned off the caps lock sooner.   Normally I'm right there on the whole stop capitalizing issue. But he says he's legally blind, and I've no reason to think he's lying. So lay off.   Use a picture editing software. Why would a blind person need to know picture formats?  I'm just a tad curious. I CAN SEE PICTURES, AND READ LARG PRINT. I JUST CANT READ SMALL PRINT EVEAN WITH THE BEST OF CORRECTION -- Posted by espresso8097 at 2:34 pm on Dec. 15, 2006 Quote: from TRUE COLOR at 8:58 am on Dec. 15, 2006 Quote: from espresso8097 at 9:41 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from ragemore at 11:35 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 Quote: from Bah Humbug at 9:32 pm on Dec. 14, 2006 You should have turned off the caps lock sooner.      Normally I'm right there on the whole stop capitalizing issue. But he says he's legally blind, and I've no reason to think he's lying. So lay off.      Use a picture editing software.    Why would a blind person need to know picture formats?  I'm just a tad curious. I CAN SEE PICTURES, AND READ LARG PRINT. I JUST CANT READ SMALL PRINT EVEAN WITH THE BEST OF CORRECTION Got it, I forgot the legally blind were not always completely blind last night, very tired.  Sorry for the inconvenience. -- Posted by TRUE COLOR at 8:01 pm on Dec. 16, 2006 THANKS FOR YOURE HELP O NTHE SUBJECT.