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JPEG's Photos from Fat32 to NTFS HD

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Name: mvoltage
Date: January 5, 2005 at 12:32:56 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: 1gig/1gig
Comment:

Is it possible to copy jpegs from fat32 hd and copy them to a ntfs hd? Does this pose any hazards? Will quality of the photos be changed at all?



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Name: rhawk7938
Date: January 5, 2005 at 12:38:38 Pacific
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Yes not a problem. No hazards. JPEGs degrade slightly everytime they are opened and closed. Use Tiff or another non-loss file type if you are really worried about quality.


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Response Number 2
Name: StuartS
Date: January 5, 2005 at 12:55:55 Pacific
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The file system the JPEGs are stored on has no relevance at all, not the slightest.

Copying a JPEG will not cause it to degrade as the file is not being opened.

Stuart


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Response Number 3
Name: Wombat
Date: January 5, 2005 at 13:15:35 Pacific
Reply:

I concur with Stuart (by StuartS)...

Ignis vulpes impero


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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser
Date: January 5, 2005 at 13:21:41 Pacific
Reply:

JPEGs degrade slightly everytime they are opened and closed.

JPEG Myths and Facts

Question: JPEGs lose quality every time they are opened and/or saved.

Answer: False. Simply opening or displaying a JPEG image does not harm the image in any way. Saving a JPEG repeatedly during the same editing session (without ever closing the image) will not accumulate a loss in quality. Copying and renaming a JPEG will not introduce any loss, but some image editors do recompress JPEGs when the Save As command is used. To avoid more loss you should duplicate and rename JPEGs in a file manager rather than using "Save As JPEG" in an editing program.

Question: JPEGs lose quality every time they are opened.

Answer: True. If a JPEG image is opened, edited, and saved again it results in additional image degradation. It is very important to minimize the number of editing sessions between the initial and final version of a JPEG image. If you must perform editing functions in several sessions or in several different programs, you should use a image format that is not lossy (TIFF, BMP, PNG) for the intermediate editing sessions before saving the final version. Repeated saving within the same editing session won't introduce additional damage. It is only when the image is closed, re-opened, edited and saved again.


i_XpUser


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Response Number 5
Name: domass
Date: January 5, 2005 at 16:16:31 Pacific
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Wow, learn something new everyday!!! Thanks


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Response Number 6
Name: tommy o
Date: January 5, 2005 at 19:13:44 Pacific
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Thank you for that info, XpUser. I've been doing quite a bit of touching up some pics, so I read your response with quite a lot of interest....thanks!
Have a nice evening....

~Tommyo


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