The recommendation from us at Legacy is to create a .jpg of your scan. The TIFF file should be used for archive and editing. After the edit most photo edit programs will let you convert the TIFF format to jpg using file > Save as or an equivalent command.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 01/12/2012 12:23, lio . wrote: > I've been good at sourcing, but up until now I haven't had a scanner to > attach scans of the document to source. But this morning I inherited a pretty > nice scanjet from my brother who upgraded. I've been reading that I should > create an untouched 600 dpi TIF scan of each document for archival purposes. > But I'm worried attaching a whack of 600 dpi (10 MB) scans to Legacy will > slow down my computer and Legacy. > > Is it better to keep the 600 dpi TIF for my archives, and create/attach a 72 > dpi JPG scan of each document to attach to Legacy? > > What do others do? LIO 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
