RE: Do tags cause network delays?
RE: Do tags cause network delays?
- Subject: RE: Do tags cause network delays?
- From: Richard Millott <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:24:49 +1000
C. David Tobie wrote:
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Tags are not just tags they are appended profiles! RGB workingspace profiles
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are only a few K in size; but CMYK press profiles, at high resolution and 16
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bit, can be over a Meg, so even without networking calls or space
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conversions, simply the increased file size can cause slowdowns and
increased
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file sizes.
Richard Franklin wrote:
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Tags by themselves don't make a difference to the network. The only way I
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could see this as possible would be if the profile which is being embedded
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was close to, or larger than, the size of the image itself. If your client
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is using very, very small images then maybe a large profile ( 2-3 mb) would
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increase the time it takes to transfer noticeable. Otherwise it's just data
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going over the wire, and will take x amount of time.
I appreciate the responses guys. I'll pass on your remarks.
Thanks again
Richard