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Image Preservation Through Open Documentation

Posted by Hemos on from the the-right-step-to-take dept.

OpenRAW Group writes "The OpenRAW Working Group launched a website today at http://www.OpenRAW.org designed to solve issues crucial to the future of photography. Digital technology is revolutionizing the photography industry, and an emerging part of that technology is the set of RAW camera file formats. Most professional photographers prefer using RAW image capture because it offers the highest quality and the greatest creative control. The grass roots OpenRAW group arose out of photographers' frustration with camera manufacturers' refusal to openly document their proprietary RAW file formats. That lack of file format information inhibits innovation, limits image processing choices, and endangers the long-term accessibility of millions of photographs. The goal of the new website is to obtain complete documentation by manufacturers of their RAW file formats."

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  1. I have the solution... by LegendOfLink · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...a camera that will etch the image into a chunk of granite!

    Let's see somebody try to encrypt stone, baby!

    *off to the USPTO

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    1. Re:I have the solution... by pavon · · Score: 5, Funny
      1. Patent encryption method in which, you
        • Cut stone into million pieces.
        • For each piece pick a randomly assigned unique number between 1 and a million.
        • Carve number on back of piece.
        • Record order of numbers on seperate rock (key).

      2. Start rock etching service.
      3. Profit.
  2. OpenRAW? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somehow I'm feeling a little uneasy about clicking on a link which points to www.openraw.org.

  3. What's the matter... by chill · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...was the domain "nikonsucks.com" already taken?

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    Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
  4. RAW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    RAW IS WAR!

    Batista is a false champion!

  5. Websense says OpenRAW is porn by Valleye · · Score: 3, Funny

    Access to this web page is restricted at this time.

    Reason:
    The Websense category "Nudity" is filtered.

    URL:
    http://www.openraw.org/comments/?id=47