Hi Deb, First, you have a good name (my mother's name).
Second, I strongly recommend that you always scan and save the original at a high resolution, and as a file type of .tif or .bmp. The reasons for this are exactly as you described - if you scanned the originals as a .jpg, then later if you want to modify it, or use it for a high-quality publication, you cannot. Therefore, I save my originals as .tif or .bmp, and scan at about 300dpi or higher (others may have different preferences). For the purposes of the training video I produced, I used the sample database that comes with Legacy. The images in the sample database are .jpgs, so as to not take up too much space on each user's computer. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Pictures only in JPG? Hi, I am relatively new to Legacy and computers in general. I have recently been scanning a box of old documents and pictures onto a CD. Now I am trying to learn how to put them into my Legacy program. The pictures are easy. But I noticed on Geoff's beginner video that he has old family Bible sheets, land doc. signatures, etc. as jpg. I scanned all my documents in PDF and all my pix in jpg. Will I have to go back to RI (over 1000 miles away) and rescan them to jpg if I want to put them in Legacy? Or does anyone know how I convert them? I thought I had heard that JPG files deteriorate in quality over time and usage, which is why I used PDF. I have Legacy 5 Standard Ed. Thanks, Deb 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
