Need help with 'save as'

Hellion · May 2012

I'm trying to save a map using save as file type rectangular section JPEG. When I select this file type or any of the rectangular section file types and hit save, the window closes but I don't get a jpeg file. I have no problem using just the plain jpeg file type but the file I get using this type doesn't work as well for what I need. Anyone know how to fix this. Don't know if its relevant but my OS is windows 7 64-bit.

Thanks for your time,
Kirk

jonasgreenfeather · May 2012

Hi Hellion, welcome to the forum. CC3 is operating correctly, you need to specify the size of the rectangle you want as a .JPG. When the window closes, you'll need to then define (draw) the area tht will be saved in the .JPG, just click and draw a rectangle as you normally would. Good luck, hope this helps.

JimP · May 2012

PNG would look so much nicer. Less lossy.

jonasgreenfeather · May 2012

I've found that pngs don't look as good as the jpgs I create... Any idea why?

Monsen · May 2012

I assume you are exporting with the same resolutions (and anti-alias setting) both for png and jpg? The resolution is the only reason I can think of that would make jpg's look better, since by definition, they are worse than png. Since jpg uses lossy compression and png lossless compression, at the same resolution, the absolute best a jpg can do is look the same as the png.

Terraformer_Author · May 2012

Posted By: MonsenI assume you are exporting with the same resolutions (and anti-alias setting) both for png and jpg? The resolution is the only reason I can think of that would make jpg's look better, since by definition, they are worse than png. Since jpg uses lossy compression and png lossless compression, at the same resolution, the absolute best a jpg can do is look the same as the png.

Yes - I agree. I used to prefer jpegs over windows bitmaps way back - when I first started doing digital art and imaging - because the file sizes were more compressed / smaller - and jpegs had a sort of inate "anti-aliasing / smoothing" qaulity that de-pixelated a lot of the image. I switched to .PNG files because jpegs can get artifacts that look like complete doo doo, and the more that you save and resave a jpeg - the more that you lose your image - and it starts looking like a microscope slide full of bacteria, or if you have a really bad case of "eye ball floaters".

Jpegs are crapola. They were popular back in the early 90s - but .PNGs are pretty much replacing both Jpegs and GIFS, because they have the best qaulities of both - and none of the weaknesses. You can't do transparent self contained images in Jpeg either. Honestly I don't know why jpegs haven't gone the way of vinyl music records, VHS tapes, and Disco.

If they could find a way to "lock" an image into jpeg - to where you could not convert it into another format - then they would have an even better anti-piracy tool than watermarking, because the more that you saved and resaved that image in it's locked "jpeg" format - the more that the image would fall apart like wet toilet paper.

Hellion · May 2012

jonasgreenfeather,

Thanks very much. That is exactly what I was not doing to complete the process. It helps to know the whole process.

Hellion

Monsen · May 2012

@Hellion:
The one thing you should also be taking away with you from this: ALWAYS keep an eye on the CC3 command line. It always prompts you for what you need to do next. If you start a new command while the command line still have "questions" for you, the previous command (in this case, the save as [rectangular section] command) will be aborted.

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