Over the past few years Internet chat rooms that cover photography have often discussed whether digital images are acceptable for magazine reproduction or turning into large, fine art prints. It seems certain overseas travel and 'fine art' magazines are still refusing to accept digital images for publication on claims their quality isn't good enough. Australian publications are, usually, happy to accept digital image files and many even prefer them because they integrate more readily into the production workflow. But only files that are 'good enough' will be accepted.
Until recently, defining what was 'good enough' was a subjective exercise, depending on individual publishers' whims. But now, a committee of leading international publishers has agreed upon a set of standards for publishable digital photographs
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