Adobe Wants A New Digital Image Format

from the less-loss,-more-standard dept

As more and more digital cameras start to store images in different formats, Adobe is trying to introduce a single uncompressed format for digital images, to make it easier for people to share those "raw" images without having to compress them into something such as a jpeg. What's a bit unclear from the article, however, is what's wrong with any of the other digital image file standards that are already out there.
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  • identicon
    thecaptain, 27 Sep 2004 @ 8:51am

    What wrong with existing image format?

    Adobe doesn't control them, THAT's what's wrong! (In Adobe's perspective anyway).

    Of course, cam manufacturers each using their own different raw image format doesn't help matters any.

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  • identicon
    Chomper, 27 Sep 2004 @ 9:47am

    No Subject Given

    The problem is that none of the other formats provide the functionality and customization of a RAW file. A RAW file allows you to change the white balance, exposure and a lot more without degrading the image. It is the data that comes straight out of the camera before being processed.

    While I'm not sure if a universal format is really useful since Adobe's Camera RAW comes as close to a universal converter, not sure if a universal format is really needed.

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  • identicon
    Andrew Klossner, 28 Sep 2004 @ 9:15am

    corrections

    First, it's not an uncompressed format. It uses lossless compression.

    Second, it's not a new format. It's a new defined subset of TIFF, an excellent image storage standard.

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