If I'm doing the scanning, I ordinarily do them t the highest resolution possible, which is 1200 dpi. I've ordinarily done them as .jpgs, tho I guess I should be doing them as tiffs.
Pat On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot <[email protected] > wrote: > Just curious because you don’t mention it, but at what resolution are your > original scans? Many of the default settings for image scanning software is > lower than 300 dpi, so if you are trying to upscale the lower resolution > original, be advised that you cannot make a cow out of hamburger.**** > > ** ** > > Brian in CA**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > >On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Wes <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > >On 04-Dec-2012 9:08 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: > > Speaking of archival scans and lower dpi scans attached to Legacy > > leads me to wonder how you organize your files of same. > > > > Pat > >I use 2 directories; one is the normal Legacy Directory, the other is a > "Genealogy" directory. In the genealogy directory, I have a Documents > sub-directory and a Photos sub-directory. I keep all scans, PDF's, > TIFF's etc, in that set of directories. When I have completed my > editing of scanned photos, I use the editing software to create a 300 > DPI JPG file. I then copy this file to the Legacy Photo directory. All > true documents are scanned as PDF's and stored in that format. > > In short, all original files are kept in the genealogy set of > directories. The Legacy directories have copies suitable for display on > web pages. > > Wes**** > > > > **** > > > 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
