Comments below! On Jan 8, 2009, at 5:29 PM, aussieshepsrock wrote:
> > HiYa Pete and Everyone, > My intended Scanning Methodology - Seperate from my Media Storage > Options - is something like this. I've only done a 50 image or so > 'test' run to sort out file size and physical process considerations > at this point. Some of this is based on some comparative tests of > various 'scanner driver' options. > > TIFF with internal compression OFF > Photograph Fronts: > 600 DPI Resolution IF you can stand the increase in file size, go for more DPI. Absent a rescan of the original, it's information that can never be duplicated. > 24 BIT Color Depth > Digital ICE OFF - It's mucking much more than it's fixing. > Unsharp Mask (in scanner software) at the High Setting because it > appears to be a well behaved and subtle implementation in my testing > up to this point. > > Photograph Backs: > 300 DPI Resolution Adequate for pencil/pen text data. > 8 Bit Grey Scale > Unsharp Mask set to High > > All images receive Levels Adjustments Set Manually. The sliders for > each color channel are tweaked individually so the sliders are just > past the Highest and Lowest Point on the Histogram Display for Each > Channel - ie the darkest/dimmest value is changed from zero to 9 if > the scans histogram shows no info below 10. I am cautious about > overpowering a particular channels level adjustments and making an > image look 'wierd'. I believe this is called manually clipping the > highlights and shadows. I can find very little 'standards or good > practices' info via google or yahoo searches. This is just how I've > learned to go about getting good scan results since my first encounter > with a grayscale only flatbed back in the early nineties! > Youve worked out something that you are satisfied with, go for it! > I'm scanning Fronts and Backs using the scanners auto name and > numbering setup to coordinate The front and back of image scans in my > files. I am using a file name system of '12-15-08 Scans - Back > -005.tif' where the Date describes the date the scan was made on, if > it's the front or back, and 005 is the 5th image scanned that day. The > physical process is that I arrange the photos on the scanner, do the > multiple marquee's for the different images with attendant Levels > adjustments, hit SCAN and verify the file name is correct and so is > the auto number start point. After the fronts finish scanning, I > carefully flip the images, switch to greyscale and lower resolution, > and make sure the file name is changed and the auto number start point > is rolled back to the right point. > > My theory is to scan the fronts and backs in order to capture things > written on the backs of the photo's themselves. I am physically > scanning ALL the backs - even those with nothing marked on them - > because it was more efficient to just flip the images over to scan all > the backs with a filename and auto number adjustment than coordinate > which image with stuff written on it matched up with which file name > and number and manually set each name for each scan that needed to be > made. By scanning every damn picture back it makes it a lot simpler > and faster to get the file names right, if I muff the filename having > scanned the back becomes totally meaningless as source of information. > Also scanning ALL of them helps avoid missing photo backs that I want > scanned. At the conclusion I intend to simply delete all the scans of > photo backs nobody wrote anything on. :-) > > This is the extent of my plan to this point. I'll be kicking off the > scanning soon, so valuable suggestions on this side of my project > would be really cool so I don't have to rescan stuff! :-) > > My Intention/Plan is to have 'picture naming' memory parties with > various family members in order to view the photo's and add the > appropriate info to the image files. IF you can add text to the 'back' images, that would simplify things. Also maybe make use of those 'blank' backs? You may be pleasantly surprised by the amount of 'forgotten' information recoverable at your 'Naming Parties'. Also, work out in advance how YOU are going to handle 'conflicting' memory information. (Avoid any fights if at all possible.) > Each images specific info will be > kept integrat to each specific image file. I haven't researched the > exact way to put the info in the tiff's themselves, but I'm feeling > confident that the EXIF info I love in my Digital Photography are part > of an international standards setup and I can easily access and use > that process using Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, and the like. This > whole name/date/event side of the project is a work in progress at > this point. > > Richard > > Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. 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