No you can't just change the file name...you have to use an image editor/converter....TRY IrfanView...it's a free full version download.
| .jpeg just happens to be what Microsofts Picture Manager chooses - but they
| seem to come out great - no real reduction of quality - even on a 35"
| television! I was shocked - just need to really know if there is 'another
| way' to just change the attribute/file type - help!!! pleeeeeze!! lol
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| "Rob Giordano (aka: Crash Gordon®)" wrote:
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| > jpgs by nature are compressed (a lossy format).
| >
| >
| > | The problem is not really with being able to open them. It is being able to
| > | open them in Pinnacle's Studio 8 software. It doesn't recognize ..tiff files
| > | and so I have to convert the files to either .jpeg or .giff - I know that
| > | when I 'compress them' it makes them usually a .jpeg using Office Picture
| > | Manager - I just wondered if there was another way - other than 'compressing
| > | them'.
| > |
| > | "Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Have you tried double-clicking on the file to see which application you have installed will open the
| > | > ..tiff (.tif) file?
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| > | > | > | > > Is there any software in Microsoft Office 2003 that will do this same thing?
| > | > >
| > | > > "maria" wrote:
| > | > >
| > | > >> I need to know what program to use to change a 'file type' from ..tiff to
| > | > >> either .jpeg or .giff. My Pinnacle software will not read ..tiff files.
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