> Any comments?

I am, personally, against this format for some reasons:

1) I'm using Linux and I don't know how to display JPEG2000. None of the 
three major programs (XV, Image Magick, Gimp-1.2.5) can open or save it.

2) For posting on news groups, you don't need a perfect display quality 
and most of the time, a jpeg with max quality is enough. And when it is 
not, PNG can be used. I know that the files are bigger, but at least, 
this format is vastly implemented.

3) I'm asking this: What use is the 16 bits color depth if the 
compression is not lossless. 16 bits color depth is only useful for 
storage or use as master image before post processing. In this case the 
compression must be lossless. As POV export to TIFF and PNG, use one of 
those two!

Now, in one year or two, when (if) JPEG2000 takes jpeg's place and is as 
widely spread, it will be another thing. But for the time, as more that 
half of the users can't display it, using it for an other thing that 
your personal use or between your friends (the ones that you KNOW can 
display it) will only create the kind of reaction you get with your post.

Regards.

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