Tiff is for science. Like for actual values that need more than 0-255 level of precision.
For example we use Tiff (or GeoTiff because it has coordinates) for storing elevation, temperature, slope, etc variables of an area for processing. It can also have a lot of bands not just RGB.
For example, satellites record RGB, infrared 1, infrared 2, and many other bands and even if we can't see them it's useful to get that information for processing. That helps for example to recognize river from forest even if both look green to our eyes.
So, one of the guys at work just exported graphics for one of our marketing sites as SVG, and it became a 3.5 MB monstrosity that would be orders of magnitude smaller if he had just exported it as a JPEG or even a PNG.
Well, if you are tracing the JPEG to make an SVG, instead of using the source SVG, that will happen.
Or if you try to convert an actual picture (unlike the thing in the post) into SVG.
Or if for some reason, you just have to use 50 different non-system fonts for a 4 panel.
But hey, now at least you can scale it up to 9999K
32 Comments
ZealotOfLuna@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 289d
hubobes@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 289d
Cat 1: “Do you think we should scale up the image?”
Cat 2: “Nah, I think it’s funny when people can’t read it and get all frustrated.”
Cat 3: “I guess I’ll never know what this meme says.”
Cat 4: “JPEG!”
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 289d
JPEGs bad reputation results only from platforms automatically compressing things with very bad presets. Just saying.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 289d
im a png elitist.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 288d
I had someone in a marketing department send me a logo in a .bmp once.
I was embarrassed for them.
scholar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 288d
Obviously should have been the svg
Thebular@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 288d
Png is cool, but have you considered .cr2?
tyler@programming.dev · 12 pts · 289d
Is this loss?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 289d
judgyweevil@feddit.it · 20 pts · 289d
of quality
tyler@programming.dev · 3 pts · 289d
that was the joke.jpg
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 288d
lena@gregtech.eu · 11 pts · 289d
thevoidzero@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 288d
Repeat after me:
JPEG is for photos, PNG is for graphics.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 288d
WebP is for annoying people.
Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 288d
What is TIFF for?
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 288d
Confusing them.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 288d
TGA might also work well for that. Also PBM outside of Unix space.
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social · 1 pts · 287d
Faxes.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 287d
Tiff is for science. Like for actual values that need more than 0-255 level of precision.
For example we use Tiff (or GeoTiff because it has coordinates) for storing elevation, temperature, slope, etc variables of an area for processing. It can also have a lot of bands not just RGB.
For example, satellites record RGB, infrared 1, infrared 2, and many other bands and even if we can't see them it's useful to get that information for processing. That helps for example to recognize river from forest even if both look green to our eyes.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 288d
Png is for everything.
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 288d
JPEG would've been for all, IF IT WASN'T FOR FASCIST AMERICA.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 289d
Found a version with more pixels:
kamen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 289d
Doesn't need any more JPEG
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 289d
Do I look like I know what a jay-peg is??
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 288d
Is this loss?
No really is it? I can't tell
scholar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 288d
It's very lossy
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 288d
Nope. Not the loss format.
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yistdaj@pawb.social · 3 pts · 288d
The funny thing is that this is a WebP.
ulterno@programming.dev · 3 pts · 288d
I bet it still takes more storage than an SVG that would even show the text properly.
sheogorath@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 288d
So, one of the guys at work just exported graphics for one of our marketing sites as SVG, and it became a 3.5 MB monstrosity that would be orders of magnitude smaller if he had just exported it as a JPEG or even a PNG.
ulterno@programming.dev · 1 pts · 288d
Well, if you are tracing the JPEG to make an SVG, instead of using the source SVG, that will happen.
Or if you try to convert an actual picture (unlike the thing in the post) into SVG.
Or if for some reason, you just have to use 50 different non-system fonts for a 4 panel.
But hey, now at least you can scale it up to 9999K