Servers--Beyond the Bitmap

However, Aubrey contends that in a world where photographic images are treated as scalable, vector-like mathematical structures, the model changes considerably. A single image asset can be rendered to any reasonable output size and resolution for output, at the time of output.

For example, using Altamira's Genuine Fractals PrintPro software, a 4x5˝ transparency scanned at 40MB can be rendered to 100MB, 200MB, 300MB, 400MB and up, all from the same file. "These versions of the file will print with extraordinary accuracy," he reports.