ROM-DOS Posted May 25, 2006 CID Share Posted May 25, 2006 Microsoft has unveiled a new photo format called "Windows Media Photo." This new file format, designed specifically for digital photographs or all continuous-tone still images, surpasses the limitations of existing image formats. Senior program manager for WMP, Bill Crow, said that Windows Media Photo will easily enable 25:1 compression ratios for most uses of digital photography, compared to a maximum of about 12:1 for consumer JPEG images before images visibly degrade. If true, this will allow current memory cards and hard drives to store twice as many photographs ~ at the same quality level. Windows Media Photo Version 0.9 will ship with Windows Vista and WinFX Runtime Components Beta 2. Microsoft will also release tools to support WMP on existing Windows XP systems. Windows Media Photo supports a wide range of features including: Multiple color formats for display or print Fixed or floating point, high-dynamic-range image encoding Lossless or high-quality lossy compression Extremely efficient decoding for multiple resolutions and sub-regions Minimal overhead for format conversion or transformations during decoding [related stories; Microsoft shows off JPEG rival, Microsoft beats JPEG with new photo format for Vista] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 25, 2006 CID Share Posted May 25, 2006 sounds good, especially the high-dynamic-range image encoding thats something that i definitely need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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