Can you save as a tiff for this project? i would think you would want to retain as much info as possible.
I was advised to use JPEG by the film editing gurus, but can no longer recall why.
Probably takes up too much space as a tiff. not really sure what to tell you,except i save as optimized,but its checked by default,so if i ever save a jpg its that way,which is very rare.
Claire,
Baseline "Standard".
Probably takes up too much space as a tiff.
The OP is talking about a 6 Mb file here…
Affordable disk space can’t be that hard to find
If the image is no longer being edited and being resaved as JPG, there is no crime in using JPG, especially when the video designer has explicitly asked for JPG. They probably know what they are doing and would be able to answer best which type of JPG file that they require. Why not ask them? When in doubt, do as Len notes and use baseline standard.
I am guessing that this is not for HD-DVD so you already have plenty of resolution headroom for standard DVD. Saving in TIF or TGA (other common video still formats) is apparently not necessary here.
Hm. I thought I posted this morning, but don’t see my message, so here’s a second try.
Len, thanks for the advice about Baseline Standard.
Re tiff and jpeg, the people who advised me (on a video editing forum like this one) discussed this at length and it seemed the best option for me was jpeg. I didn’t completely understand the discussion, but the issues were quality, number of saves I do(each of these 80-100 photos go through at about 4 pre-video-editing and 1 pre-DVD burn saves), storage space (I can’t add another drive to my pc)and the low 2 megapixel starting point. Also, this is not for HD-DVD.
I forgot in my original post to ask about the final option on the Save As dialogue — kpbs figures. Any thoughts for me on selecting one of these?
Claire
You don’t have the option to adjust the file size as it is directly affected by the quality of 12 that you have chosen. If you were to somehow change the file size, you would not have the maximum quality level of 12. For the greatest control, try ‘File->Save for Web’.
But don’t overthink this. If they asked for a JPG with a quality of 12, just do ‘File->Save As’.
Save for Web? I haven’t a clue as to why I should choose an option to do with the Web and I worry how that might affect the organization of or access to my files. None of what I’m doing is destined for the web (except later, after the DVD is published, there will be a small section played on the website.) Right now I either use Batch Processing, or Save. If I choose Save, I get the question about Baseline Standard, and below that a size option. The size that shows is 56.6 kpbs. I thought that was a default number, but now I’m thinking maybe it’s simply a reading of the current photo — which would mean I could just leave it as is. Yes?
Claire
I worry how that might affect the organization of or access to my files.
It won’t. Save for Web (SFW) allows you to strip any metadata from the file to make it smaller. Something usually done when preparing images for the web (hence the name) but it doesn’t prevent the JPEGs from being used for other purposes.
FYI, from what I understand, batch processing with SFW is a bit of a pain, luckilly for me, I’ve never had to do it but others here can advise you on it
The size that shows is 56.6 kpbs. I thought that was a default number, but now I’m thinking maybe it’s simply a reading of the current photo — which would mean I could just leave it as is. Yes?
Yes, that size thing is only there to help you evaluate the time it would take to download an image at a given connection speed. It’s a piece of data for the user and doesn’t affect the file in any way.
Thanks for the info.
Re: SFW, I think I’ll let that one go for now. I’m pretty overwhelmed at this point with more than one new software program/technique (not to mention a new camera)and Batch Processing is easy with a simple save.
