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It's something I actively think about and we have a few ideas about, but would love to know what you'd like to see and what your pain points are. :)
by onethumb 11y ago
It's something I actively think about and we have a few ideas about, but would love to know what you'd like to see and what your pain points are. :)
- e12e 11y agoPersonally I need to store RAWs. I don't have any use for a DAM (Digital Asset Management) system that doesn't let me store RAWs (or at least import to DNG with most, if not 1:1, of the information intact). I'm mulling over implementing it myself, as a self-host solution. Probably aim for ingesting RAWs to DNGs, and have the possibility of losslessly doing some edit/transforms (store the operations outside the DNG files) -- along with export/view/cache as jpeg and jpeg 2000 for web browsing etc.
- e12e 11y agoSomewhat related, I came across dpbestflow[1] again, just now -- and I see they've added some information about (archive) file formats since I stopped by last. I wasn't aware jpeg 2000 had a lossless mode (nor that it generally compressed better than other lossless formats). Nor was I aware a number of archive institutions have standardized their DAM/Archiving on lossless jpeg 2000. I suppose one would still need DNG/RAW if one want to keep the door open for being able to "re-develop from negative" on archived photos (jfr. archiving/keeping old negatives, which would be the equivalent for traditional photography). Anyway, the site[1] might be of interest for those that find this thread interesting. [1] http://www.dpbestflow.org/file-format/archive-file-formats http://www.dpbestflow.org/file-format/archive-file-formats