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Digitizing Old Family Photos? Why You Must Use TIFF, Not JPG
By Image Size Compress Team•
Scanning old photos is a labor of love. You only want to do it once. If you scan to JPG, you are compressing the image immediately, losing subtle details in the grain and fading.
Future-Proofing
TIFF files are raw and uncompressed. They are large, but storage is cheap. History is priceless. If your scanner software only output JPGs, convert your best shots to TIFF immediately using our Converter to prevent any further data loss during editing.
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