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ummm...PNG anyone?
"The JPEG artifacts make it almost unusable for professional photographers," he said. "Windows Media Photo is possibly the first viable compression format."

Yet, success will depend on adoption, Wells said. Microsoft will need to get players such as Adobe Systems and Apple Computer on board to win over the graphics professionals, he noted. A major unknown is licensing, which Microsoft has not yet addressed. "Licensing can kill this," Wells said.



Fascinating the Microsoft is shooting for the JPEG. While JPEG does have the distinct advantage of being the format available on nearly every digital camera, their pot-shot at the pros fail to account that a RAW workflow is becoming more and more common among pros adopting the digital darkroom. If they're not in RAW, they'll probably be in the PSD format. At the same time, Joe Sixpack can't tell he's looking at a compressed file (unless it's REALLY compressed, but even then he won't care).

Back to the pros now - if a compressed format is called for, I know a decent number of people, myself included, who are fans of the PNG format. It's an open standard, supports a 16-bit color depth, and an alpha channel, with animation either in development or already part of the standard. Just about every program from Paint to Photoshop can read it, and every web browser can render it. What's the benefit of reinventing the wheel here?


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So you trade image artifacts for distortion?  Fred Fredrickson | 05/24/06
So you have seen them?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Have you?  jcs26 | 05/25/06
Yes...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
your point?  dlmeyer@... | 05/25/06
Ummm... it says in the article...  el1jones | 05/25/06
The point is, the test was rigged to make the MS format look better.  DonnieBoy | 05/25/06
DBoy...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Pot.......kettle........black?  Spoon Jabber | 05/25/06
What on earth are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
A zealot calling another zealot a zealot  voska | 05/25/06
back to normal  barsteward | 05/25/06
RTFA  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/25/06
I use RAW format  Rick_K | 05/25/06
Give it a break - get a job! NT  raycote | 05/25/06
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
I missed it  Spoon Jabber | 05/25/06
ummm...PNG anyone?  voyager529 | 05/24/06
If you really wanna know...  slingzenarrowzuvowtrayjissforchin | 05/24/06
lol... PNG?  unoriginal_sin | 05/25/06
So what is the performance of png vs jpg or the new MS format for photos?  DonnieBoy | 05/25/06
The problem with PNG is it is an open standard, actually better supported  DonnieBoy | 05/25/06
Benefits  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/25/06
PNG is a horrible format  kokuryu | 05/25/06
not really  CobraA1 | 05/26/06
Yeah, I'll trust another MS image format.  gordon@... | 05/24/06
Trust microsoft?.... Never...  atsfsuperchief@... | 05/25/06
So, MS is up to its old tricks again.  dacap06@... | 05/25/06
Really, it might work, and Microsoft has no choice if they want to maintain  DonnieBoy | 05/25/06
Microsoft is in the business of sheeple  mlindl | 05/25/06
Poor use of research, not needed  Prognosticator | 05/25/06
no need for M$ technology  Linux Geek | 05/25/06
So no open source, I would assume...  tschrock | 05/25/06
Before creating a square wheel ...  Henaway | 05/25/06
Very simple way to handle this situation .. avoid Vista ........  Can you hear me | 05/25/06
Avoid Vista Then What?  caharts2@... | 05/25/06
Micro Inovation of the Wheel  not of this world | 05/25/06
Image rotation  johnay | 05/25/06
The REAL key to all of this  Palmyra | 05/25/06
is this the zdnet whine and cheese forum?  314 | 05/25/06
Stop telling MS bashers to use common sense.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Pot Kettle Black?  Rick_K | 05/25/06
My dad is bigger than your dad  balsover | 05/25/06
Confused, aren't you?  Rick_K | 05/25/06
Yet another fantacy of yours?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
LMFAO  Rick_K | 05/25/06
Again, I see where you got LOST.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Non NBMers ARE using common sense,  MacCanuck | 05/25/06
True of every business...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Yes, a business needs to look out  MacCanuck | 05/25/06
Simply NOT true. Not even close.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Just when I thought you were going "intelligent"  MacCanuck | 05/26/06
Why?  Rick_K | 05/25/06
NO ONE IS LOCKED INTO ANYTHING  balsover | 05/25/06
Freeware?  Rick_K | 05/25/06
Talk abotu the Pot and Kettle...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Yes you Mr. Pot  Rick_K | 05/25/06
Show me...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Spanked!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
More to the point...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/25/06
You have no point  Rick_K | 05/25/06
RTFA  eb276 | 05/25/06
Really?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/25/06
John, you can NOT educate a rock.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
That's why he's not talking to you. wink  Spoon Jabber | 05/26/06
What are the license terms, John?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/25/06
I'm going to try to find out  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/25/06
Guaranteed you will be  ITGuy04 | 05/26/06
Another lost poster...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Not lost at all  Rick_K | 05/25/06
I see how you got LOST  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Both sides  rapson | 05/25/06
Good questions  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/25/06
Dang, you mean Adobe doesn't create AutoCAD files?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
You are right, MS supports all formats, even  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Rick, quit whining like a school girl.  osreinstall | 05/25/06
Microsoft's jihad  Rick_K | 05/26/06
Hardly  osreinstall | 05/26/06
A solution in search of a problem.  enduser_z | 05/25/06
I have a problem happy  LinuxAndWindows | 05/25/06
Exception that proves the rule.  enduser_z | 05/26/06
I see another exploitable M$ format comming.  Mr. Roboto | 05/25/06
Why shrink images with such large system requirements  drgnflyz | 05/25/06
One word. BANDWIDTH.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/25/06
Irrelevant  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/25/06
Well, I for one . . .  999ad@... | 05/25/06
Nice but Too late  dukeinlondon | 05/25/06
Same here  enduser_z | 05/26/06
I give them two months to make a virus  RIAAsucks | 05/25/06
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What a feat!  myrealname | 05/25/06
"another brick in the wall"...  Nix_0S_Fan | 05/26/06
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Well put! (nt)  Nix_0S_Fan | 05/29/06
Couple of questions and potential problems  Stellardyne | 05/30/06

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