Cathy, Standard JPG images can have a lot of variation in size and quality. Experiment with an archival size scan or 1600x1200 pixel digital camera picture over 800 kb size, crop and save as a larger *best* quality JPG. Or use Windows send-to-e-mail method to save a medium 800x600 or 640x480 small copy that would probably look quite good in a family project. A graphics expert can resize images using manual settings but must know in advance how the image will be used.
Not sure if I have any IPTC samples available for experiments. Custom caption data in image programs from two different companies seemed to require an image format with LAYERS rather than a standard JPG with acceptable quality to print small or medium size in a Legacy 5 report. If Legacy 5 allows the image format with IPTC data, does it affect the number or file size of images that can be included in a book report? The easiest way to use Legacy is to limit pictures to matching size rectangles of 200x250 pixels and print one picture per person small size with larger separately printed event or source pictures. Oval face pictures look better in Legacy charts without black boxes than in book reports or scrapbooks with black boxes. Two non-Legacy methods allow multiple size family pictures in a single PDF file without adding individual pictures to a word processor file. Legacy 5 gives customers the *impression* that a Legacy book report can include event pictures because it allows them to be linked. Someone recently posted about hundreds of images linked to a file with a Legacy descendant report of 1000 or more pages. Personally I don't think it is worth linking any picture to a family database unless it will print the desired size in a report or scrapbook. Other researchers may be happy with images linked just for convenient reference but they need to know the available options before linking large sets of pictures. My goal is to save "useful" size pictures in sets for each branch of the family and also print source documents a readable size with the family story from a single PDF file. Legacy allows custom size source images in endnotes to be a different size than pictures in reports but event images are limited to the same size as the individual pictures. I'm just about ready to create some chart images to print four inch size in a Legacy 5 book report of about 200 text pages to test with descendants of cousin marriages. -- Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy" I'm not trying to turn a book report into a photo album. At present I'm happy to print separately any photos I want a bigger size - or present them differently as mentioned above. Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
