Considerable size drop

If the content remains 100% identical for all intents and purposes with the file size dropping I'm all for it.

On the other hand the originals shouldn't be wiped off the face of the earth due to inconvenience. It'd almost be akin to digitizing the moon landing in HD and burning the original magnetic tapes because they're bulky and cost money to store properly.

I'd be worried that by taking an oldler formatted file and updating it to its modern equivalent you'd either change the contained data from slightly/imperceptively to a lot. For preservation the former is acceptable if no other options are available with the latter being wholesale unacceptable. I'd bet good money that the way Photoshop stores data has changed quite a bit, likely tossing away legacy support/features in the process.

 

As long as lossless formats are used, there shouldn't be any drop in quality. I do have several versions of Photoshop (5.0, CS2, CS3, Elements 8.0) and backward compatibility seems to be great. I'm fairly certain that features within the past 15 years should still be supported in current versions.

 

Sorry for being so out of touch! I do still have the files, smooshed down a good amount. I attempted to break it up and upload it to megaupload, but my connection is shitty at best and it kept dropping the upload. If someone can setup an ftp I'd be happy to drop it on there

 

If you're up to it, sure. I will need a bit of direction on what to do. But once it's up I can leave it on for a bit maybe pop a few seeds

 

Hi All,
Did this ever happen? ('this' being that the streamlined torrent replaced the original 45 gb one)

 

No its never been released. I've been waiting for it but distribution seems to be the issue

 

I can assist with a private FTP if needed. Then a seed on some public tracker.

 

Hey guys, just a quick update on this;

Devhackr has done some serious cleaning up, and deserves a thumbs up on this :encouragement:

Currently, DevHackr is in the process of uploading the data into my personal FTP. Here's the plan;

1. Receive archives (der...)
2. Extract/Test archives
3. Repack, with 10% recovery data
4. Upload and seed from 1gbit Seedbox.

Unfortunately my FTP wont be able to cope with an army of people downloading, so I think investing in a 1gbit Seedbox is the next best thing.

Cheers guys!

-Z