Max Power,
I have been postulating the TIFF (raw) file (full picture as it was originally created), to JPEF at 100% quality (it looks like the original creation but with some information missing) conversion model, in which our brain is the algorithm that creates on the case by case basis a JPEG file.
The bandwidth is limited – the brain can’t process the TIFF file – so the algorithm (our brain) constructs a JPEG to fulfill our immediate needs. We still get a basic picture, which accurately reflect the reality, but some information is missing.
As anyone who created a JPEG file knows, there is a setting in the imaging program which controls the quality of a JPEG file. You can leave it at 100% or decrease the quality. As you decrease the quality, the picture becomes distorted.
So how does the algorithm know which quality setting to use? It does not, it simply responds to our feelings, thoughts and beliefs to create a JPEG. The more we deviate from the 100% quality JPEG file, the more we get in trouble.
What do you think?
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