INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Our favorite microblogging site is evolving and, from now on, is changing the way it processes JPEG image files that are uploaded to the
JPEG encoding will be preserved in images that have been uploaded via the web interface.Before this, JPEGs were transcoded to 85% JFIF
caveats still: previews and thumbnails (aka what you see on your Twitter feed) will still be transcoded and compressed
It's only when you click through to the full-size image that you will be able to tell the difference.That means bitmap encoding (or the
color information stored as binary numbers) will be preserved as is but, as before, EXIF data (information about camera settings,
geolocation and date of image) will continue to be removed from uncompressed JPEG files.According to O'Brien, images that are over 5MB in
size, or have one dimension over 4096 pixels, will be transcoded and may lose image quality
Even images that were set to rotate to change orientation will also be transcoded.It might seem like just a small, minor change, but going
by the example in O'Brien's tweet above, this tiny improvement will make a huge difference to photography enthusiasts and professionals
who share their work over Twitter.
