How Digital Studio LP works with
low-resolution copies of your high-resolution originals |
| When adding your high-resolution images to a project, Digital Studio
LP will make low-resolution copies of the images to work with inside the
program. This allows you to store your high-resolution images on CDs or
other storage devices, and efficiently manage many projects without taking
up excessive room on your computer's hard drive. |
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| Working with low-resolution copies NOTES and
TIPS: |
Adding images to your project from your computer's hard drive will
be quicker than adding them from other storage media. This is because
the program can read your image files at a much higher speed from
your hard drive.
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| Working with low-resolution copies FAQ |
Q: Is it possible to work directly with my high-resolution
files?
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A: No, it is not currently possible to work with
your high-resolution files. In the future, with the addition of image
correction and manipulation tools, we will give you the ability to
work directly with your high-resolution files. If you need to edit
your images after you have imported them to Digital Studio, you can
use the Open
In External Editor option to make changes to your images.
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Q: If I am not working directly with my high-resolution
files, how does the cropping I specify get applied to the image before
it gets printed at my lab?
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A: All of the cropping/modifications you specify
for your images in Digital Studio LP are recorded mathematically in
double precision, the highest precision possible. When you create
an order to transmit to your lab, we create a copy of your high-resolution
files and include the copping/modifications you specified. At the
lab, our software processes your order using the high-resolution files
and cropping/modifications you specified.
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Q: Won't the images I present to my clients using
Digital Studio LP look poor because they are low resolution?
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A: The low-resolution images added to your projects
are scaled to the approximate size of the display in Digital Studio
LP at its recommend screen resolution. At this screen resolution it
is difficult to tell that the image you are viewing is a scaled, much
smaller version of the original high-resolution image. We allow you
to adjust the size of the low-resolution image in the System Preferences,
giving you the ability to choose a size that looks good on your display.
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| Supported image types: |
Digital Studio LP supports JPEG, TIFF, and LZ-Compressed TIFF file
formats.
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| Supported image types TIPS: |
Working with high-resolution images that are in the JPEG format will
increase the speed at which you can add images to your project, and
will decrease the amount of memory needed to work with those images.
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| Supported image types FAQ |
Q: Do you support RAW files?
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A: We currently do not support any RAW image formats
due to the amount of work required to work with all of the different
versions of the RAW files. As RAW files become more standardized among
camera manufacturers we will add RAW files as a supported file format.
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