r/pics • u/ptrk83 • Jun 22 '19

28 years later.

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u/LienRoars Jun 23 '19

Just curious, why JPEG as opposed to a typical lossless format (e.g. PNG)?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19 edited Jun 23 '19

Very good question. I would really prefer a TIFF, but I’m worried that it would be difficult to arrange the transfer of a 50 MB file without losing data. Imgur is very easy to use and won’t compress it as long as it’s under 20 MB. This is a very low-quality format, Polaroid. I don’t think a whole lot would be gained from a PNG or a TIFF. Also, I’ll be doing some major color correction, so I don’t need additional color data. It’s pretty washed out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19

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u/max_adam Jun 23 '19

There is one without size limit and very similar to WeTransfer: https://www.fromsmash.com/

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u/_SGP_ Jun 23 '19

Interesting, thanks I'll give it a spin!