On 05-Dec-2012 4:23 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot 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 > > <snip> I scan all photos as 600 dpi into TIFF format. I use Geoff's suggestions for working with photos. The original scan is something like CCIYrMonDay.TIFF I open this in my editing software, Photoshop Elements, and immediately save it as Name.TIFF. I then immediately save it again as Name-Edited.TIFF. It is this copy that I manipulate. So, in essence, I have 2 originals. Probably a bit over paranoid, but I have lost some before so I also keep 2 backups.; one for the original scan, CCI---, and one for the Name.TIFF.
Once I have done editing, I create a 300 DPI JPG in the same directory. This is then copied to Legacy. Most of the TIFF originals run around 11 MB; most of the JPG's run around 350 kb. For documents, I always use 300 DPI. Normally, I scan then directly to PDF. I some instances, I will scan to a TIFF and re-save as a PDF. 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
