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Old December 14th 17, 06:42 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.apps,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.mac.system
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Default Can a Macintosh person tell us how to change the name of a file?

In message Mayayana wrote:
"Wolf K" wrote


| So the obvious question becomes: Who is going to
| be in charge to establish standards and decide on
| priorities?
|
| ISO.


I didn't know about that organization. Good idea.


| And what happens to commercial entities that
| stand to lose? For instance, camera companies that
| have to remake their hardware/software in order to
| store some universal format to replace JPG, that
| everyone agrees on... at least this year. There's rarely
| standardization in commercial products unless it
| favors the sellers. It usually doesn't.
|
| Image format is software, not hardware.


Yes. That's just an example. The hardware/software
will need to work together, no?


| All cameras capture the image in
| some proprietary RAW format. Amateur cameras immediately process the RAW
| image, ending with compression to JPG. Our oldest camera actually
| displays "Busy" on the screen while it does this. Some parameters, such
| as white balance, can be set by the user.
|
| The alternative would have to be much larger memory cards, frequent
| exchange for fresh ones in the field, and post-processing at home.


Yes, but the standard could be changed to PNG, TIF (just a zipped
bitmap), or some newer, non-lossy, compressed format, such as an
improved non-lossy JPG. It would make sense, but it would require a
lot of work for everyone to adapt, from camera makers to software
makers to photographers. And since many photographers want metadata
in their digital photos, the new standard format would need to
accomodate that.


HEIF is an excellent format with many modern advantages.

No one can force MS to make that public or standardize the structure.


Well, that is certainly not true.

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