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I’m under the impression that TIFF is lossless (like FLAC) while png is lossy (like ogg).
by ace2358 4y ago
I’m under the impression that TIFF is lossless (like FLAC) while png is lossy (like ogg).
- bscphil 4y agoPNG is not lossy. However, it doesn't support metadata anywhere nearly as well as TIFF, so I still use that for lossless photography storage.
- ace2358 4y agoAh there you go! Didn’t know that :)
- vetinari 4y agoTIFF is a container. The payload it contains can be uncompressed, compressed losslessly with lzw//deflate/lzma/zstd, but it can also be lossy compressed with JPEG, WebP or even JPEG XL. Meanwhile, PNG is always compressed, lossless.
- LinAGKar 4y agoOgg is a container, you can have lossless FLAC in ogg.
- ace2358 4y agoI also didn’t know that! Thanks for letting me know