Thanks John and Patrick for your replies! Patrick another question to you please: if you always scan in at the max. optical resolution than you obviously don't see any problem with downsampling later? Is there no image quality difference if I then have to downsample my nearly 1GB file to let's say a A4 print at 300dpi? I know I am picky here but I really would like to know whether John's approach would be the better one- to always scan at the resolution you finally require- and yes that would mean you would have to scan each slide at various resolutions according to your output requirements. Also: when you downsample- do you just simply but the new resolution in at 300dpi or do you let's say put the final image size of 8x10 inches in (in resizing) and if it gives you a new resolution of 412 dpi (just as an example) leave it there or resample then to 300dpi. In other words: do I really have to put 300 dpi in (resizing first and then resampling) or can I just leave it at ~4xx? I am trying to find a way of scanning at the highest optical resolution (so that I don't have to do multiple scans) and still don't have to resample my images- or is this thinking all unnecessary?
Many thanks for advice Stefanie Kappel ARPS Photography & Digital Imaging www.stefaniekappel.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
