After I transfer images from my digital camera to computer they’re saved automatically as jpg format. After I edit them and make furthur changes and save them as tif (which is better as my prof says), it seems pixelated.
Can anyone suggest how should I get rid of the pixelated effect to make my photos look better in quality?
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since your digi-cam doesnt support ".raw" format, and saves images as .jpg - you already have lost picture quality.
Think of pictures as an audio file that has a bitrate of 96kbps - and you saved it as a 128kbps thinking that it will increase the quality. In reality, no difference to the quality is made, rather the size of the file is increased.
You could try digitizing image - (like sharpen).
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Why don’t you try out a couple of different formats, e.g, jpg or gif (which have better compression builtin), to see the difference. .tiff has its uses but suffers limitations in broader circles.
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hum nice
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make/model info of the cam please..
also .. resaving everyone of them would be a pain .. so select the ones u wanna ‘have’ and then u can use noise filter called ‘despackle’ or something like that.. THEN shrink pic just a bit . .like 10% then sharpen it ..
gives a killer effect:k:
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Destinee, are you taking a photography class? Are you at University?
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Sorry guys, I checked back after a long time. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try sharpening it although I would never like to do that.
Faizy bhai:
There's not one. I don't trust my own cam so I tried borowing a cam from college and the pictures from that cam were awesome. One is FujiPix and the other is Minolta, which is supposedly a pretty good make I've heard but I don't have it here with me right now, it's in Pakistan with my sister.
Sarah:
I'm taking a digital photography course at MRC. Doing visual designing/communication there so it's a part of the program.
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Which software you are using for editing? Some of the software when you save after editing will save at a higher compression ration than the original. I use ACDSee Editor and by default it saves an edited JPEG file at 85% quality factor compared to the original file. You will also see pixelation, if you are enlarging the file.
Pixelation is also evident on pictures which are taken in low light. That is the limitation of the camers's CMOS/CCD sensor.
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I use Adobe Photoshop. It's supposed to be the best out there but I do have ACDSee which I don't use that often for picture editing.
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When you work in Adobe Photoshop, make sure that before you start editing the JPEG you save them in one of the Adobe's lossless picture format (.ps). Repeated savings do not deteriorate the quality of the picture that way.