Hi Chuck, > > 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.
I am really leaning towards 1200 dpi, but aproximately 70% of these images I'm scanning were shot with the cheapest of cameras and are the cheapest of machine prints. 1200 dpi scans of originals that represent a resolving power less than half of that is a serious waste of effort and file size. I"m serious folks, these were taken with the $5 specials were grandma's camera of choice. Name Brand Single Use Cameras had better optics! I have to do some math in regards to total number of images and what the final file collection may represent in terms of aggregate total Gig's I will be dealing with. I want to keep the 'Disc Set' in either the 5 disc or 10 disc range. I think I'll be forced into DVD-r's by the agregate file size. I don't want to drop a huge quantity of CD-r's on people, but they would be my preference. > > Photograph Backs: > > 300 DPI Resolution > > Adequate for pencil/pen text data. That's what my experiments told me. :-) > > 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! Thanks! I plan to! > > 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? I hadn't thought of that option! I don't particularly think I can make it work well from an implementation viewpoint. I think taking advantage of the EXIF Standards that already exist for Photographic Creators, Distributors, and Users to include full and complete information about Who/What/Where/When along with a TON of other information in the Professional Digital Photography Images will be my best bet. I have more research to do, but I think it would be a complete gift to my relatives of the future in searching for specific pictures of specific people. > You may be pleasantly surprised by the amount of 'forgotten' > information recoverable at your 'Naming Parties'. I am counting on that! I also know my family is going to have a blast remembering things. I just had the thought of videotaping the parties to record the stories and the people interacting. hmmmmm > Also, work out in advance how YOU are going to handle 'conflicting' > memory information. (Avoid any fights if at all possible.) Since little of the photos remain from Grandma's early days of photographing her kids and the photo's of earlier generations, exact photograph dates and events and names aren't an option. I will note the uncertainty in some manner in my files and notes. I am thinking of having some sort of 'Data Sheet' printed and having people at the events write their notes on them. Each Sheet would have a matching file name or small preview image on them. Maybe I would then scan them and line the file names up in my file naming structure somehow. As well as distilling the info into tags on the files. By the way, I have an aging parent who is showing an accelerating presence of Alzheimers like symptoms. I also have a very unusual way of storing and recalling memories. Exact names and textual type info and exact procedural memories are quite the mish mash. My relationship with the sensing and remembering of things related to days, dates, and times is quite problematic. It's like the the file cards in my head get shuffled and redealt on a routine basis. Mis-remembered events and the blending of stories or people is a part of my everyday life in one way or another! Richard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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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