Image File Formats

We learn about the TIFF and JPEG2000 file formats.

• Lectures

  • Sustainability factors for digital image master files
  • TIFF and JPG2000 compared/contrasted
  • Options for access derivatives

• References

  • Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI). Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials. September 2016. Excerpts: pp. 12-14. PDF
  • Library of Congress. Sustainability of Digital Formats. TIFF, Revision 6.0
  • Volker Heydegger. “Analysing the Impact of File Formats on Data Integrity.” IS&T Archiving 2008 Final Program and Proceedings, 50-55.
  • Peter Fornaro, Lukas Rosenthaler, and Erwin Zbinden. “TIFF in Archives: A survey about existing files in memory institutions.” IS&T Archiving 2017 Final Program and Proceedings. May 2017, 6-10.
  • Laurent Duplouy. “JPEG2000 as a preservation format for digitization.” IS&T Archiving 2017 Final Program and Proceedings, 157-159.
  • Library of Congress. Recommended Formats Statement: Still Image Works.
  • Library of Congress. Sustainability of Digital Formats. JPEG 2000 Part 1, Core Coding, Lossless Compression
  • Library of Congress. Sustainability of Digital Formats. JPEG XL Image Encoding
  • Appendix: Wikipedia resources

• Assignments

  • Assignment Test
• Tools:
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