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   What wrong with existing image format?

   

   thecaptain, Sep 27th, 2004 @ 8:51am

   
   

   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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   Chomper, Sep 27th, 2004 @ 9:47am

   
   

   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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   corrections

   

   Andrew Klossner, Sep 28th, 2004 @ 9:15am

   
   

   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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