Well, I'd like to learn more about this. How do people copy a MrSid image so Legacy can use it? The entire 1901 Canadian Census is online in MrSid format, although it has only partially been transcribed. I have a lot of family in that census.
Coleen Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Tax and spend' or 'borrow and rebate'? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Klotz-Zellhoefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photo size - Image format basics Oh sheez! I had blissfully forgotten about the notorious MrSid, having dropped ancestry.com long ago, but I remember it well! Microsoft has dumped several partly-featured mini-apps in my lap with winXPhome and FrontPage 2003, e.g. Paint and FP's ?Image Manager?, so one must kinda watch the "Lossy" thing when saving images. I remember having to replace one full-screen image which got compressed/recompressed until it was only 17k! I normally use Picture It! v.7 which seems to work well enough for the way I work, fairly quick and uncomplicated. But I did notice yesterday that even PNG uses compression and has a myriad of settings, so a word to the wise. Only really safe approach then is to preserve one's best original forever, and use a copy of that original to crop and otherwise mess with. That's a good rule in computing anyway - even after 18 years I still blunder sometimes! RonKZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.Rodier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 30 April 2004 09:23 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Photo size - Image format basics Ron, Hadn't thought about the problem of TIF images and web viewers. Some genealogy programs kept uncompressed TIF and dropped TIF-LZW which is usually the default in image programs. Some genealogy programs do not recognize PNG. My main problem is conversion of MrSid census images of oversize pages. Linking large images (for reference) to a family database doesn't solve the problem of printing readable-size parts of those images near the family notes in a book. Sometimes the handwriting sample of the census taker is much more useful than text-only citations for "impossible" family relationships. A *good* image program has an easily found setting for JPG quality, though I was surprised to crop a digital camera picture and end up with a larger standard JPG file size using best quality JPG. -- Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Klotz-Zellhoefer" > I don't know what happens re "Lossy" if publishing a new copy of a JPEG to a > different folder. In the past when the extension was lower-case .jpg and > perhaps (??) some other size was designated in Legacy, things may have been > otherwise. I do know that over the years I have done much resizing / > editing / resaving of .JPG photos, and have lost much quality in many of > those, so no more .JPG for me! The old 75% of 75% of 75% syndrome - I had > no clue! 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 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 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
