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> Can anyone answer these basic graphics questions (or point me to a
> place where I can get answers)?
>
> - If one is given a jpeg from a photo shoot, if it is accidentally
> converted to a bmp instead of a tiff, can one open the bmp and save
> it as a tiff (assuming the jpeg is no longer available), and still
> get the various advantages offered by the tiff format?
You cannot get back any attributes that aren't supported by the
format from hich you are converting.
JPEG images have certain attributes. When you convert from JPEG to
BMP, only the attributes supported by both incommon are carried over.
Whn you convert the BMP to TIF, only those TIF attributes that were
supported in the BMP are brought over.
The problem you have is that the JPEG, depending on the loss
percentage defined, is the worst format for retaining quality
attributes.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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