TIFF in Vegas
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You can import .tif images if you have QuickTime installed on your machine. Since it has to go through QuickTime first there is a bit of overhead on the machine when using .tif's. Also, I don't think they look as good as png's especially when resizing or zooming on the images.
I have never tried to export but I doubt that it is possible.
dolby
I have never tried to export but I doubt that it is possible.
dolby
Main advantage is good transparencies!
All stuff about here is from my bookmark:
Gif--
advantages: Lossless, high compression.
disavantages: only 256 palette color support
Jpeg--
advantages: many color support, high compression
disavantages: lossless format. Suitable as a 'final' format only.. don't use in workflow.
Tiff--
advantages: industry standard. many variations, well supported among professional applications. Generally lossless (most common), and generally uncompressed.
disavantages: not realy a format, many variations make it difficult to support.
PNG--
advantages: high compression, but not nearly as small as jpeg or gif. Fully supports 'real' transparencies, unlike other formats. Fully open source and is going to be the most well support format next to jpeg. (photoshop support wasn't very good for a long time.)
disavantages: big file sizes. slowness sometimes, the compression on file saves can take a while, especially on very large files.
Hope it helps.
All stuff about here is from my bookmark:
Gif--
advantages: Lossless, high compression.
disavantages: only 256 palette color support
Jpeg--
advantages: many color support, high compression
disavantages: lossless format. Suitable as a 'final' format only.. don't use in workflow.
Tiff--
advantages: industry standard. many variations, well supported among professional applications. Generally lossless (most common), and generally uncompressed.
disavantages: not realy a format, many variations make it difficult to support.
PNG--
advantages: high compression, but not nearly as small as jpeg or gif. Fully supports 'real' transparencies, unlike other formats. Fully open source and is going to be the most well support format next to jpeg. (photoshop support wasn't very good for a long time.)
disavantages: big file sizes. slowness sometimes, the compression on file saves can take a while, especially on very large files.
Hope it helps.
dmitriandsnow
Well-known member
AlexGg said:
Can't JPEG be lossless and lossy?
Sol M.
Veteran
Correction: the JPEG format uses lossy compression (not lossless). Meaning that image data is lost with every generation of compression.
PNG, on the other hand, uses lossless compression, meaning that the quality will remain after several generations (much like uncompressed formats such as tiff or bmp).
PNG, on the other hand, uses lossless compression, meaning that the quality will remain after several generations (much like uncompressed formats such as tiff or bmp).
Norm Sanders
Script Wrangler
What about (especially for transparencies) just using native Photoshop files, if you have them? Sure the file size is large, but I've never had an issue with that, and they have a PERFECT transparency from what I've been able to tell.
Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?
scharky
Veteran
For video? Don't worry about dpi, that is a term based on physical print status. When working on virtual files, you are always working at 72dpi, but that really doesn't mean anything. Don't worry about DPI, instead look at pixel size, ie 720x480, or 1920x1080 or whatever. Your NLE will not recognize varriant DPI, instead it will look at it as overall resolution.
