Q&A: How Do I Save a Picture as a TIFF File?
Twice recently in your newsletter, you have mentioned converting JPEG images to TIFF format. My problem is that I have no idea how to make this conversion. Is it simple or tough?
--Joe R. Patrick, Des Moines, Iowa
Unlike the task of ferrying the One Ring to Mordor, converting file formats is a snap, Joe. In fact, it's little more than a matter of choosing Save As from the File menu of whatever program you use to edit your digital image.
As I've suggested before, you may want to save your digital camera's JPEG pictures as TIFFs before you start editing them; that way, the JPEG's "lossy" compression scheme won't generate visible glitches in a photo when you save it over and over again.
Just open a picture in your image editor, choose Save As from the file menu, and look for the TIFF option in the list of file formats. Once you make a TIFF copy you can delete the JPEG version from your hard disk, since you won't need it anymore.
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