The Joint Photographic Experts Group decided earlier this week to officially endorse the Microsoft HD Photo file format as the eventual heir apparent to the JPEG standard. In order to be adopted, the format has lost its vendor-specific name and other Microsoft proprietary controls to ensure universal compatibility. The new format will hence be known as JPEG XR whereby XR stands for eXtended Range.
Microsoft believes that wide-spread use of this file format could begin in about a year.
Microsoft believes that wide-spread use of this file format could begin in about a year.
Key features include:
- wider colour palette
- finer gradations
- in-camera imaging processing support
- faster burst-mode photography
- better compression
- supported by Windows Vista
- support has been pledged by Adobe (a plug-in for Photoshop is already available)
Download: HD Photo Plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® Software - Windows Download: HD Photo Plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® Software - OS X
News source: CNET
I thought it was worth bringing to the attention of Neowinians. If you've already heard about it then you can move on. There probably is a forum thread but the search function is being worked on.
Edit: I manually looked in BPN and I didn't see anything.
And, heaven forbid, someone mis-type "MB" instead of "GB".
As for the news item, glad to see that the format will lose proprietary controls. Should aid in cross-platform (and cross-vendor) use without need to license and such.
What idiot would do that?
I'm still nearly a front-page virgin. Don't hurt me.
And, heaven forbid, someone mis-type "MB" instead of "GB".
As for the news item, glad to see that the format will lose proprietary controls. Should aid in cross-platform (and cross-vendor) use without need to license and such.
I hope you're right, and any editor will be able to use this even under the GPL.
Good news to hear, anyway
Yes, I got a PM about that too. Fixed.
I hope Canon is listening.
http://allenellis.com/public/Textopia.jpg (8 bits per channel jpeg @ 28KB)
http://allenellis.com/public/Textopia.hdp (16 bits per channel HD photo @ 140KB)
What's odd is that Microsoft's file association search doesn't know about either format:
http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/0409/xm...dir.asp?Ext=HDP
http://shell.windows.com/fileassoc/0409/xm...dir.asp?Ext=WDP
Getting support is so hard, which is why we'll be using mp3 for a while, i prefer aac, but not everything supports that still.
Getting support is so hard, which is why we'll be using mp3 for a while, i prefer aac, but not everything supports that still.
If MS serious about keeping it an open format then it will get adopted. But no one wants a new format with a licensing time bomb in it, like what was tried with the GIF format.
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