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Microsoft Photo Format on Path to Standardization

The Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) is going to vote on whether to standardized Microsoft's HD Photo file format
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August 6, 2007 08:00 PM EDT
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The Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) is going to vote on whether to standardized Microsoft's HD Photo file format, shipping with Vista and renamed for the occasion JPEG XR, XR for Extended Range.

It would replace the current format standard, which is growing long in the tooth, and be part of an overarching JPEG Systems architecture.

JPEB XR is supposed to ensure interoperability across cameras, printers, displays and software and offer, according to Microsoft, better image fidelity, higher image-compression and flexible editing than the current widgetry.

The ballot deadline is October 8 and then it could take another year to finalize and publish the standard. Microsoft is promising a royalty-free grant of its patents to implement the standard.

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JPEG News Desk 08/06/07 07:24:16 PM EDT

The Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) is going to vote on whether to standardized Microsoft's HD Photo file format, shipping with Vista and renamed for the occasion JPEG XR, XR for Extended Range. It would replace the current format standard, which is growing long in the tooth, and be part of an overarching JPEG Systems architecture. JPEB XR is supposed to ensure interoperability across cameras, printers, displays and software and offer, according to Microsoft, better image fidelity, higher image-compression and flexible editing than the current widgetry.