Do you lose quality doing this?

I think i asked this before, but i can't remember what the answer was.
If you open a JPEG, modify it and then save it as a TIFF, do you lose quality?
Thanks.

No. Tiff is not lossy, so you will not lose quality. In a JPEG the quality loss comes when the compression is applied when you save and close the file.

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I have a some dv streams in avi format that have been captured using Sony Vegas from DV tapes. The files suffixed .avi will not open in Quicktime, but I found MPEG streamclip and VLC could read them, and they report that the DV codec is DVSD. I have converted them in MPEG streamclip using both the Export to Quicktime and Export to DV. The result codec for the DV is DVSL. With the Export to Quicktime, I have made a .mov Apple DV (PAL)file at 100% quality, the result codec is DVCP. Both Dv and .mov video looks the same the same and works fine in FCE. With the Export to DV command it is a straightfoward conversion and also works fine, but FCE wants to render the audio from the DV clip when placed in a sequence. In MPEG streamclip if I compare a frame of the original AVI, the DV convert and the .MOV convert it looks basically identical.
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Okaaaayy,
Let's say every link in your document has broken and you now have to go back into it and relink everything before print time tomorrow...
Sure, no problem, but why did it happen.
I know that if you rename a file or folder or move a linked image file out of it's original location, the link in Indesign gets broken, but what about surrounding/encompassing folders? Seems kinda weird.. but to provide an example I included a picture of how I have the uber-structure set up.
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You changed the name of a folder containing your links. InDesign is
still looking for the old folder name and won't go any further until it
finds it.
You really have a bit to learn about proper workflow but you'll get
there. These types of mistakes are the kind that you usually only make
once and learn from.
One more piece of advice...lose the slashes in file names. They're not
cross platform and you won't always be working in a vacuum.
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x

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