While there are a zillion graphical formats known to computer-kind, there are really only two, besides JPEG, that you, the digital photographer, need to know about. JPEG is the worldвЂ™s most popular photo file format, because even though itвЂ™s compressed to occupy a lot less space, the visual quality is still very high.Д«ut JPEGs arenвЂ™t the only format youвЂ™ll run across, especially once you start editing your photos, which is covered in Part 3 of this book. Just about every digital camera on earth saves photos as JPEGДЇiles. If you try that same maneuver with a picture that comes from a 2 megapixel camera, youвЂ™ll end up with a photo filled with unsightly pixels. Just crop out all the boringД«ackground and keep just the juicy parts (youвЂ™ll learn aboutД¬ropping in Chapters 9 and 10). No problem-if your cameraвЂ™s got a lot of megapixels under the hood. Say youвЂ™ve taken a great shot of your kids, but they occupy just a smidgen of the overall picture. The other important advantage that a camera with multiple megapixels gives you is the ability to create high-quality prints of select portions of your photo. But these figures provide a rough guide to getting the highest quality prints. You may be able to print larger sizes than those listed here and be perfectly happy with them. Number of different color cartridges your printer has, among other things. Print-including lens quality, file compression,Д®xposure, camera shake, paper quality, and the These are extremely crude guidelines, by the way.

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