On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Gerard Meijssen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com">gerard.meijssen@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<br>Yes, 100MB is not big even for single paged documents. The biggest file we want to upload but cannot is over 600 Mb. Obviously they are a minority.<br>Thanks,<br>      GerardM<br clear="all"><br></blockquote></div>Yes, 600Mb files will indeed be the minority of TIFF files - for a few years yet at least :-) And, even then, TIFF files will be in the minority relative to JPG. *but* what makes supporting the TIFF format so important for the purposes of working with museums and galleries is that it demonstrates that we can do very good work (and take professional care of) their high quality images. If we can only support compressed formats then the museums and galleries can quite legitimately ask us why would we want high-res files. At that point it returns us to arguing over pixel-widths... So, not only is supporting lossless file formats good for WikiSource texts and good for image restorationists, it is also good for our future negotiations with museums and galleries.<br>

<br>So, keep up the good work guys!<br><br><br>-- <br><a href="http://wittylama.com/blog">wittylama.com/blog</a><br>Peace, love &amp; metadata<br>