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Use uncompressed TIFs to speed iPhoto
Authored by: danvtim on May 19, '03 11:08:01PM

You really seem to lack an understanding of the point of the hint. It's to suggest that using uncompressed TIFs rather that compressed ones is faster under iPhoto. If I switch from one uncompressed TIF album and then select edit do the same for compressed TIFs, I average 5 seconds vs. 10 seconds. I did assume that the user was at a level above that of your dad's level.



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Use uncompressed TIFs to speed iPhoto
Authored by: mweissen on May 21, '03 06:47:47AM
You really seem to lack an understanding of the point of the hint. It's to suggest that using uncompressed TIFs rather that compressed ones is faster under iPhoto. If I switch from one uncompressed TIF album and then select edit do the same for compressed TIFs, I average 5 seconds vs. 10 seconds. I did assume that the user was at a level above that of your dad's level.

You yourself may know what you want to write, but readers can only see the resulting text, not your thoughts. Here's an example of how the hint could have been written to avoid ambiguities:

"As a professional graphics artist, I'm interested in using iPhoto as a cataloging tool for my images while preserving the image quality. I've been using compressed TIFFs and, while I liked the iPhoto workflow, I always thought that the application was slow and useless. Then I tried uncompressing my TIFFs and -- lo and behold! -- iPhoto is now twice as fast! Opening an album of uncompressed files takes five seconds, versus ten for a compressed album! Kids, please try this at home!"



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