I have numerous photo prints which I want to soon upload on a web page. I'm not sure the best way to go about doing this, especially since I took the pictures with a regular old fashioned camera, not a digital one. Do I need to buy extra equipment for my computer? Should I go to one of those internet zone places, like Kinko's? My buddy once took some pics on his digital camera which he later emailed me some copies. But he lives a bit far and I want to do this on my own so I know how. Your advice is appreciated.
2006-07-14 12:52:05 · 7 answers · asked by StarNY 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
As everyone has said, get a scanner.
Since you want these for the web, generally scanning at about 72 DPI is fine, and JPEG encoding them will make them very small files (in KB). This will let people see the pictures quickly over even slow connections.
You may also want to scan them at a higher resolution if you plan to print copies on a color printer later. Scanning at high res though will result in rather large file sizes. Generall speaking, you want to scan at about 1/4 of your printer's resolution, so that the printer is able to dither the pixels properly. Scanning at or above your printer's resolution will usually resultin rather poor color accuracy. This is something you may need to fine tune a bit to get the best results. I found that on a 720DPI epson printer for instance that scannng at 144 DPI in full color gave me very near photo quality prints even when enlarged (I made 8X10 prints of my mom's wedding photos this way, and they are framed in her house now, and nobody knows they aren't photo-enlargements).
2006-07-14 14:32:12 · answer #1 · answered by SuperTech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a nice scanner with a high DPI. (Dots Per Inch) When scanning the image, scan at about 600 DPI and save as a .jpeg file type.
2006-07-14 14:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by Pete S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to save pictures is in bitmaps (.bmp) format! But then file saved here were eating a lot of bytes. Don't be alarmed! As I said, it's just the best way because the 'original' quality was still there.
You must have a photo editor like PhotoShop (a MUST for people like you!) to 'CLEAN' up your original photo saved in .bmp. Once you edit a photo, save it as .jpg or .gif as you like were both are 'lighter' in bytes.
2006-07-14 17:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by VBACCESSpert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a scanner. Then you can digitize the images you want to post on your web page with relative ease.
2006-07-14 12:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by cptdrinian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U can get a Pic CD from Kodak for extra i think
2006-07-14 12:58:53 · answer #5 · answered by paintballer0389 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will want to get a scanner...or an all in one..printer/fax/scanner...A new all in one will cost around $70 ....Many good used ones around for around $20...
2006-07-14 13:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by a_cup_vt2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey try going on line to PC.com and asking the same question you will get a great answer for your question and you get more info for future use as well.
2006-07-14 12:57:39 · answer #7 · answered by erf1960 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋