I have to agree with Gene, one should NEVER us the original in any program, but a reduced copy of said image.
It still gets down to the display and printing of the images. How many users have a very large display (over 64") or a very wide printer (over 17")? These tiff files are designed to get used in the "Publishing" business, when very large posters are being made. Most of these are at least 48 inches wide and the strips are used on billboards and the sides of buildings. So why does one need to have these very large tiff files in a program such as Legacy? Because BIGGER has to be better? Not really. I use several family research programs and NONE of them handle these large tiff files very well and do not ever plan to, as there is NO need to doing so. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: Gene Young [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 6:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] c:\Legacy_Archive\Pictures ---AND--- c:\Legacy\Pictures ? On 6/16/2012 8:34 AM, William (Bill) R. Linhart wrote: > I recently attended a meeting of museum curators at the Pennsylvania > Historical Society and the recommendation there was a minimum of 300 > dpi minimum, and a specification of 600 dpi recommended, for document > PRESERVATION. The format recommended was TIF uncompressed. These > can be very large image files. > Therefore, if the next version of Legacy did not support our large > images like the current version, we might be told then that Legacy was > never intended to support them. Ouch! > > My question is: What is the supplemental strategy for PRESERVATION of > images that is appropriate to complement Legacy now that I know that > Legacy is not designed to support image PRESERVATION specifications? > > > Bill > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania It amazes me that people are unable to distinguish between a genealogical program and an image and document preservation method. To use an image efficiently for DISPLAY within Legacy, you make an appropriate COPY to use with Legacy. To PRESERVE an image or document for posterity or donation, you keep the ORIGINAL, in the best format for preservation, in a separate (preferably several) locations. And why must you wait until you die to donate COPIES to your favorite genealogical society. These are two separate and distinct issues that have NO effect on each other. I can not understand the whining and complaining because Legacy doesn't use PRESERVATION copies for display. If the images and documents are not important enough for YOU to take the responsibility to take necessary action to preserve your images and documents its certainly not Legacy's responsibility to do it for you. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm 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 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
