Microsoft wants to set new photo compression standard

That might seem complicated.

AS long as MS dose not go rolyity happy I am all for it.

Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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AS long as MS dose not go rolyity happy I am all for it.

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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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AS long as MS dose not go rolyity happy I am all for it.

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Ever since I have read the things I have about Vista and it's DRM stuff, I wouldn't doubt if this somehow has a catch, you know just there way of controlling everything.

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Well,once again it would like to control and conquer,as opposed to co-existing peacefully with the jpeg format.CUNTROL PHREAKS

typo-s negative: i think i meant cuntroll-not cuntrol

If it lives up to its billing this could be very very nice.

......and as for control?
It's not like they're forcing anyone to give up using .jpeg is it?

No,maybe not.But I would say it looks this would be an attempt to drive this format into obsoletion.I agree with Bucknekid 100% in what he/she said.

If you want HD why don't they just go with Adobe and get them to specialize in this.

This just means more upgrades for a computer and more cost to the user.

As a digital photographer, one of the first things that Sony did was hack me off by making Sony Sticks for memory. This was a direct attempt to control a whole new industry. Most of the industry uses Compact Flash, now, they are trying to get smaller and the industry is going to Secure Digital. As far as jpeg, I find it to be more than adequate for pictures used on the internet and for newspaper publications. Granted it is a bit lossey at times, but shooting with high resolution gives me plenty of information. The media of compact flash and secure digital is going down in price also. Also, the amount of content on a single card is steady increasing.
It might be nice to have the new format, but like this other argument about Blue Ray and HD, it is the hardware that will keep it from happening for a long time. Try telling Canon and Nikon that they are going to have to change every camera they have over to include the new format. I don't think it will happen any time soon. As far as making the format available for Adobe Photoshop...fine...it will have to be a plug in. If the format is available, the only way that most photographers will use it, is to shoot in RAW first, then use a program that can open RAW and save the file to the new format. As far as Photoshop, I still use Paint Shop Pro XI. Photoshop learning curve was and still is too steep for the same job I can do in 1/2 the time in PSP XI. While the idea sounds great, it is 5 years behind its time, and will be another tricky trick that M$ is working with the rest of the hoods to try to build in programmed obsolessence in the industry to get the public to buy more merchandise.

Tejasmed