And if all else fails there will soon be a site up and registered on all the search engines for sucks.com.They provide a CD with low-res JPGs and it has an additional file with hi-res image files, but just renaming the PI2 extension to JPG, GIF, TIF, PNG didnt work so Im guessing it is some high-priced format or a proprietary format, or encrypted.
Below is a link to the low-res JPG and a link to the hi-res PI2 file. All points with a grade of A will be awarded to the answer that allows me to open the hi-res files so that I can print, or preferably, save into hi-res JPG. The links are for the same image, the PI2 is just below 2.5MB and the JPG is just below 0.2MB. It is an animation format for medium resolution: 6402004 colors So, any software that recognize it will not help you. Looking at the file and your jpg (assuming they match) - it looks like its possibly encrypted. I have tried all my raw image import possibilities (custom program:)) but they all come out like snow (white noise image). Can you find out more about the file Which programs are they using What do they say about the file (if they give it to you, it must have some use). Of course they dont have options like cropping, zooming, etc. If this is the case, you wouldnt be allowed to extract the image from that file and re-use it anyway. Could this be the case If so, then we really cant help, sorry:(. There is nothing anywhere on the CD that mentions the files being their property. Also with it being a likeness of myself, my wife, and my daughter I believe we should have at the very least fair-use of the images and since we only want to use them for private purposes I do not see any legal issues over ownership of the photos. Portrait Innovations Cd Decrypt Pi2 Zip The ImagesAfterall, if they wanted to keep the negatives as their property they could just buy a large network storage device, zip the images from the session, and store them on their own equipment. We actually purchased a pretty large number of photos from them, and we purchased the CD because they said we could use the images on the CD as backgrounds, screensavers, to distribute to friends and family, etc. That being the case they have given us permission to distribute the contents of the CD in whatever fashion we desire. The JPGs provided are not of sufficient resolution for what they told us we could do with the CD so I am needing to use the other images once I figure out what they are. Their sales sheet that says the CD can be used to distrubute, use as screen savers, desktop images, etc. If you want to have full rights over the original artwork, you might be able to buy them separately, but it is not a requirement that they offer this to you. Yes, they are binding the customer to their company to produce further prints, as would be their right if the original artwork is their property. Forcing you to keep the original artwork in an unusable format is a bit novel, but certainly within their rights. Also - assuming the format is proprietary - its probably illegal for us to extract the image (keyword: DMCA, glad we dont have that here:)). But in any case, check with them and find out what the case is - do they own the image.PI2 on the CD Will they allow you to extract it These are things they should be able to answer you - and with the answers you could look further, if you wanted to. Sales people tend to be more cooperative when you are in a position to hurt some sales by complaining loudly about your problem, and I have no problem being heard.
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