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.
Comments on “Adobe Wants A New Digital Image Format”
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.
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.
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.