Lloyd,
1 jpg is a 'lossy' format, meaning that every time you save, or re-
save, a jpg file, the application doing the saving will throw away
some of the image information. If you save as a low-quality, or
small, jpg, then the saving application will throw away lots of
information each
Thanks Ray,
Very detailed information and I will use it.
I have found that both Photoshop Elements and Graphic converter will do
batch conversions to .png. Graphic Converter seems to do it faster.
Lloyd
Lloyd,
1 jpg is a 'lossy' format, meaning that every time you save, or re-
My thanks to Peter and James for their comments
I for one was not aware that CDs had such limits.
I agree that paper will be among the range of ways in which my records will be
stored..
The assistance and information available through this forum just reinforces my
decision to go Apple
Your
I have Mac files dating back to those created in 1985 on my first
Mac, a 512, and have have been retaining the important ones ever since.
Yes, changes in storage technology have meant that I have
periodically had to re record material onto new media, mainly from
floppy disk to CD, and
Hi Ray,
On 08/01/2010, Ray Forma r...@smartchat.net.au wrote:
My current big concern is in what format to store my photo files. I
currently store them as uncompressed TIFF files, a format that has
been with us for a long time. Can anyone suggest a better format?
TIFF is a good format because
Hi James,
Many thanks for this very informative response to Ray's question. This is of
great help to me as I have thousands of digitized
birth/death/marriage/divorce acts and I have been pondering this very same
question.
I have already converted all my document photos from jpg to TIFF, and can
I tried saving a photo from .JPG to .png using Graphic Converter, and the
memory size more than doubled. For a large number of photos that would be a
considerable increase in storage space. Is the quality so much better or is
it only that it stores longer?
Lloyd
Hi James,
Many thanks for
I have been working on family history on and off now for about 40 years and
more recently have been looking at the question of the preservation of
historical records and yet have the ability to have access to these same
records in the future.
I was referred to an article on this subject of
Hi Graeme,
I thought it was common knowledge that home-made CDs simply do not
last. This was common knowledge a few years ago but perhaps people
have got too accustomed to them and forgotten their limitations. It is
ALWAYS necessary to have a periodical plan to copy all contents from
archival
On 07/01/2010, at 9:14 PM, Graeme Winters wrote:
Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span
Graeme Winters
New 27 Imac user
We are already faced with the occasional situation where a CD will work fine in
one device but not in another. especially those that have been
yes i agree with Peter
papyrus can be read w/o electric power, the power of a candle will
do...
with cds i had some dead within 9 month others still ok since 1997,
slow speed burn seems to be more reliable (eg cd 16x or lower)
harddisks are not to bad, mine are still readable after 9
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