Hi
Sorry to say, but once you compress your original photo, you will never get
it back to the way it was.
Here is a list of tips for working with digital photo's. I am sure there are
more but with these basics, you will survive.
Tips For working With Digital Photo's
1. When using a digital camera, always use the highest quality setting
available on the
camera. The reason is that later, you will be able to do anything you
want with those
photo's. If you use a low quality setting, yes you can take more photo's,
but if later you
find you have taken a great once in a lifetime shot and want to make a
large print from it
you will probably be unhappy with the print quality.
2. Always back up your original photo's to a CD or CDRW. The reason is that
if your
hard drive crashes etc and you lose the originals, you are toast.
3. Never work with your original photo's. Always work with a copy of the
original.
The reason is that if you screw something up, you can always start over
with another
copy of the Original, but if the original is changed, you can never get
it back unless you
followed tip 2.
4. Save the copy you are working with immediately to a PSD, PSP or Tif file
depending
on the program you are using. The reason is that these file formats,
unlike JPG are
lossless. With a JPG, each time you save it you lose some image quality
and after
several saves, image degradation is very noticeable.
5. JPG is the most commonly used file format for photo's, so if you share
your photo's
you will probably want the final version saved as a JPG. Set your JPG
save as options
compression to least compression or use a lossless setting if it is
available. The only
problem with lossless is that it is not backwards compatible. That means
that some
older photo programs will not be able to open the lossless jpg file.
HTH
Ken
