Tag: HDPHOTO

You may recall at the start of the month that MIcrosoft had achieved some recognition of its HD Photo specification, something that has raised eyebrows amongst those of us who don't use WIndows as our Operating System. Much to its credit, however, Microsoft does seem to be working hard to ensure that the format is cross platform, and that patents are freely licenced to ensure the format is ...

Earlier in the year, on the Windows Media HD photo format. According to Computer Buyer UK, the JPEG group is now working on a successor to the venerable JPEG image format - and making extensive use of Microsoft's HD Photo standard within the format. According to the site, "JPEG says it has received assurances from Microsoft that it will make patents necessary for implementation available free-of ...

Whats next for Microsoft? Well, at least one of its eyes is focused on the HD Photo format, once called Windows Media Photo. This is reportedly a better alternative to the standard JPEG format, and of course, it's built into Windows Vista. The new format features multiple color formats for display or print, high dynamic range image encoding, lossless compression, and efficient decoding for ...

There are few file formats ubiquitous as JPEG (ASCII text comes to mind). It's almost universally compatible, available in every image handling application you could possibly want to use and, it works swimmingly well. Who could possibly want to change all that? Microsoft, that's who. Last year Microsoft began promoting its Windows Media Photo format, recently renamed HD Photo (ostensibly to gain ...