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Digital cameras store images in a compressed format called JPEG, the most widely used file format. Others also have uncompressed formats known as TIFF and RAW. Learn how to select a compression scheme so the human eye barely notices a reduction in image quality.


Image quality and file compression

Image quality and file compression

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Select high quality image settings on your digital camera. If the compression level is set too high, photo quality degrades.

Color fringing

Color fringing

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Chromatic aberration and purple fringing are two distortion effects that can negatively affect photographs. There are a couple of things you can do to minimize these effects.

Soft images

Soft images

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It’s not uncommon for digital images to look soft. Here’s why.

Jaggies

Jaggies

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Here’s what you need to do about zig-zagged diagonal lines in photos.