[scribus] image formats (jpg or tiff)?

[Gregory Pittman]

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On 06/10/2012 04:20 PM, Craig Bradney wrote:
> On 6/10/12 10:15 PM, Richard Foley wrote:
>> When creating a PDF with Scribus, is there any particular
>> advantage to converting JPG photographs to TIFF format, before
>> generating a PDF?
>> 
>> I ask because this was recommended to me as the right way to
>> proceed to generate a PDF for printing via LSI for instance, but
>> it is unclear to me as to why this would be in any way
>> beneficial. It seems to me likely merely to increase the file
>> sizes required, but am happy to be corrected.
>> 
>> Thanks for any clarification.
>> 
> 
> If the images are already jpgs, then any conversion should be
> avoided. Yes, its likely you just get larger images, but possibly
> will lose some data. JPG is fully supported by PDF so LSI should
> not have any issues with them. Of course, converting to JPG blindly
> may mean you lose quality and depending on the type of file
> (photo/flat drawing etc) may not gain you much space.
> 
and the thing to add that if you DO process the image externally and
will be saving it afterward, this is where a TIFF might be useful
since it's lossless.

Greg
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