[CREATE] OpenRaster

Hubert Figuiere hub at figuiere.net
Wed Jun 21 12:02:38 PDT 2006


gwidion at mpc.com.br wrote:
> Actually, I think jpegs for the actual raster data in some cases is perfectly fine.  
>   
> Use case 1: I have this jpeg 8MPixel photo, I just want to add some text to. Why  
> should I make my file 3 times bigger, if all I need with noiseless precision is the  
> text layer ?   
>   
> Jpegs should not be the default pixel storage method, but I can't see why not to  
> have fully functional jpeg layers.  

I concur with that. JPEG as read only is perfectly fine, and probably
much better than a raw bitmap if the image imported comes from JPEG.

Hub


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