Re: Windows Live Photo Gallery

BTHOEM wrote:
I used FastStone Image Viewer to crop and rotate some files in a lossless
fashion and then compared the results to those operations done by WLPG on
the same files. The results indicate (by side-by-side comparisons at
500%) that WLPG appears to use lossless algorithms for rotate and crop.

Further, the WLPG-rotated and cropped files have the same JPEG Quality
embedded in the files (I started with 98%) before and after those
operations. This would also tend to imply that those operations are
lossless. (Curiously, the WLPG-produced files are not exactly the same
size as those produced by FastStone's lossless rotate and crop. I can't
explain that.)

However, if you do any 'fixing' in WLPG which involves Exposure, Color,
Detail or Red-Eye operations, the resultant JPG is saved with a quality
level of just 89.
Under File | Options, you can specify how long WLPG should keep the
originals before sending them into the Recycle Bin.
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Photo Gallery\Original
Images\ is where mine appear to be stored. I'm using Vista, and therefore
I had "Windows Photo Gallery" before I installed "Windows Live Photo
Gallery" but notice that WLPG appears to use the same location as WPG. I
don't know where WLPG would store originals if I uninstalled WPG and I
don't know where WLPG would store originals if I had never had WPG.

HTH.

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-blj-