There are three intended uses for my pictures. 1) The bulk of the pictures will be saved on the computer and copied on to disks. 2) Some pictures will be enlarged and printed. 3)some picutures wil be shared. Thank you!!!!
2006-10-01 03:28:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Scanners
Lots of variables here, if you are planning on enlarging photos or just want to keep them the original size, it depends on what resolution the were taken at. This takes a little experimentation on your part to find out. Practice with a full size scanned pic and enlarge it until you see the photo start to become grainy. If it gets blocky then bump the scan resolution up until you find a happy medium. You can scan a pic with too much res or not enuff! When you find this happy medium you will be set. This would be the ideal way to scan all your pics. Sending pics is a different story! If you want people to be able to reproduce these pics, you have to send them at the original res. If you are just sending them for someone to view in e mail, make a copy of the original and bump its res considerably.
2006-10-01 03:39:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in the process of doing this very project myself, and I'm scanning them at 800dpi and saving them as a JPG. TIFF is the "raw" file BEFORE it gets compressed down to be a "jpg". However, if a JPG file is at 2.5MB, that same file as a TIFF could be as high as 50MB - 100MB. This would result in a disc full of TIFF files at like 6 files per disc.
A lot of people misinterperet the fact that with a JPG, though there is compression, if you scan at a high enough resolution, (I've found 800dpi is good for viewing, zooming, being able to take to Walgreens and print, and low enough file size to fit many on a CD or DVD) you won't have a problem.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-01 03:46:43 · answer #2 · answered by Rizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a common question posed by those who are digitizing - or for that matter, 'shooting digital'.
The answer is: It depends. Here are some of the factors -
Storage Space: Uncompressed TIFF images are *enormous*. You'll take up many tens of times as much space as jpgs.
Fidelity: 24 and 32 bit TIFF images provide uncompromising storage of input data ( they faithfully store what the scanner gave them, essentially without change ), but JPG images can provide very, very high accuracy and save a LOT of space, but use what's called a "lossy" compression, which means they drop some data out; the compression algorithm is designed to only drop the data least likely to be noticed, though.
The upshot, in my experience, is this: if you save JPG or PNG at their highest quality settings, you won't be able to tell the difference between them onscreen or in reproduction prints when comparing them to the same image stored in TIFF format, and you'll save a lot of space. NOTE that I said "highest quality settings". Make sure your software - such as Photoshop or the like - has a quality setting for JPG images, and set it to "10" or "highest quality" or "largest file". The resulting file will be much larger than it really has to be, but still MUCH smaller than the same image in uncompressed TIFF format.
2006-10-01 03:36:54 · answer #3 · answered by jstevewhite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When digitising them I'd use TIFF at the highest resolution your scanner will handle. This way you have the best quality image available, even better if you touch-up with photoshop. These will be needed for printing back, especially englarged.
For copying onto disks and sharing (email?) then you will need a smaller file size .JPG version of the same file - but don't overwrite the original.
2006-10-01 03:31:11 · answer #4 · answered by rchlbsxy2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For enlarging and resizing, the better format to use is TIFF (Tagged Image File Format). But it doesn't mean JPEG doesn't support that. If you're storing many many many photos and will be used to share, i think you should save as JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) to save disk space. Umm, for conclusion, i think JPEG format is recommended for you.
2006-10-01 03:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think JPEG as generally this can be handeld more easily and I think is a beter picture quality than the tiff file but I may be mistaken, hey will all make mistakes.
2006-10-01 03:30:42 · answer #6 · answered by Tiger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 20:24:51 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TIFF=RAW=Big=depending on space may not FFIT...JPEG works well with most resizing tools...BMPs and GIFs travel faster...{:-{}.
2006-10-01 03:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋