WMP vs. JPG

[Thisn2s]

Windows Media decides to tackle the graphic file formats this time and finally comes up with Windows Media Photo.

The hype is that one test photographer claimed that it had better compression/quality ratio than what JPEG currently has to offer.


This could prove to be a huge change in the digital art world, especially if the web starts adopting the format and the software companies begin to acknowledge its existence.


This may also mean that Microsoft will have to work their butts further with whatever security holes WMP might present.

[Minxy]

hmm.. sounds interesting, until then, I'll save enerything in .png. (jpg s****I know not every browser can show it, but that's the problem of the people who use weird, un-known browsers
Thanks for letting us know!!

[Sulimo]

Meh, JPG/JPEG is crap anyway in my opinion

[paranoidandroid]

I can't see WMP becoming widely used on the web, look at png still not used anywhere as much as it should be.

If your using photo's on the web jpg is the only format to use, it only looks crap when you take the quality down low, but that's the trade off you make when designing for the web- size versus quality.

[allready]

Me either, jpg, png and gif files have their own uses and dont really leave room for wmp.

[Sapphire]

Originally Posted by paranoidandroid

I can't see WMP becoming widely used on the web, look at png still not used anywhere as much as it should be.

If your using photo's on the web jpg is the only format to use, it only looks crap when you take the quality down low, but that's the trade off you make when designing for the web- size versus quality.

I'll agree. Right now JPG is the way to go. And even if WMP does begin to get more popular, I don't think it's ever going to catch up in popularity with the JPG. People are just going to continue using what they already know instead of trying something different.

[frike]

though to be honest compression aint as huge as it used to be these days.

then main reason for compression of pics on the web is so it loads much faster, but if a new format saves a couple of extra kb's then it wont make much of a difference to modern connections. is it really worth all the hassle when i dont see its really needed

[MadKad]

people are very set in there ways and I really would have thought that people might try theWMP format but will still stick to JPG