I would add that if you keep your two versions of a file together under the same name, just different formats, the inheritor is not going to get 'lost' about what they're inheriting.
--- JL Beeken JLog | http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 6/15/2012 11:37 PM, Mike Fry wrote: > On 2012/06/16 06:18, CE WOOD wrote: > >> This can be a major problem if you are considering donating your records, >> items, and computer files to some institution, such as the New England >> Historical and Genealogical Society. Your donee will not be able to redo your >> files. They will want pictures and other multimedia to be in the most >> detailed format possible. That often means LARGE files. If Legacy is unable >> to accommodate this, we better look for a different program! > > As has been mentioned numerous times, the best way to keep your photographs is > as two copies of everything. A first, high-resolution copy probably in TIFF > format. And a second, JPG version which is the one actually linked to the > Legacy > database. And it's a fallacy that you need any more than 600 dpi because the > resolution won't be there in the original to begin with. > > Images of documents can be dealt with in much the same way, but if you're > > downloading these from the 'Net, you don't really have much choice as to the > resolution your images are supplied in, so your NEHGS is going to be flat out > of > luck here if they want higher than is available. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
