I would like to pass along something I read in Digital Photo mag. regarding JPEG versus TIF format. Although TIF format is larger, you should always save a copy of your graphic files in that format because it is a lot better as far as the colors, sharpness, etc. You get a lot of "noise" with JPEG files. So if it's a particular photo that near and dear always work from a TIF file. Mary Teets TRPLUS@aol.com wrote: >I would think that CDs will probably be around for a long time--VHS is still >around and we still have a reel to reel tape player, but the media is slowly >being replaced with the DVDs. > >I started using magnetic tape word processors in 1972 and magnetic card >selectric typewriters in 1973. Then the WANG wordprocessors took the place of >typewriters. Then came the IBM Displaywriter and Electronic Typewriters with >memories, soon followed by Personal Computers. > >The floppies will probably go away in the not too distant future. I also have >had zip disks for about 10 years. Many publishers still use these zip disk >drives to run their presses and color copiers. However, the small 100 zip drives >are being replaced by the bigger ones. I did a family calendar with 100 >photos in it in 1997. Everything was processed using Word Perfect software and >graphics and scanned photos in Tif format. It took two zip disks to save the final >calendar. One zip disk holds approx 100 HD floppy disks worth of data. One CD >can be used to save everything on a hard drive. You can virtually put a whole >library in a desk drawer. > >Now we have email and the JPEG format which takes considerably less bytes >than the .tif format. > >Also with CDs, as opposed to zip disks, the retrieval is much faster. A zip >disk costs about $10 each. If you have a CD read/write you can buy CDs by the >gross for little of nothing. So, I believe CDs at least will still be around. > >Lois Hetrick Stewart > >In a message dated 11/13/2003 5:14:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, >cbeachy@gcnetmail.net writes: > > > >>I keep wondering if CD's and floppies will still be around 10 years from >>now. >> >>Connie >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== >If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net. > > > >