lulusmom
01-09-2005, 09:56 PM
Hi: I'm a newbie and I'm hoping someone can give me some tips here:.
I have some very old photos that I would like to scan and save. Someone suggested scanning them in at 1200-2400 dpi and saving the photos as .tif files. Well, I did this for a few, but even the tiniest photos (about wallet size) end up being huge (45-60 mb each). I couldn't imagine trying to scan in a 5 x7 or 8 x 10 using those dpi and a .tif mode. Trying to work with files that big is cumbersome and makes my computer drag terribly.
For the most part, if I ever print these photos they won't be larger than 4 x 6. I have several questions:
1. Can I scan the smaller ones at 1200 dpi but save them as a jpeg? This way if I need to enlarge them I can but the file isn't as massive.
2. Can I scan the regular ones at 600 dpi and save as jpeg?
3. I have several 8 x 10's. Can I scan these at 600 dpi and save as jpegs. I did one 8 x 10 at 600 dpi and saved as a .tif and the file was 90 mb. At that rate, I'll have only 5 or 6 photos on a CD and that seems ridiculous.
I plan on using the highest quality of jpeg. I know that each time you save a jpeg the quality diminishes so I plan on making a duplicate image before doing any editing and leaving the original 'scanned' image as a negative.
Thanks for any advice you can give.
Lauren
I have some very old photos that I would like to scan and save. Someone suggested scanning them in at 1200-2400 dpi and saving the photos as .tif files. Well, I did this for a few, but even the tiniest photos (about wallet size) end up being huge (45-60 mb each). I couldn't imagine trying to scan in a 5 x7 or 8 x 10 using those dpi and a .tif mode. Trying to work with files that big is cumbersome and makes my computer drag terribly.
For the most part, if I ever print these photos they won't be larger than 4 x 6. I have several questions:
1. Can I scan the smaller ones at 1200 dpi but save them as a jpeg? This way if I need to enlarge them I can but the file isn't as massive.
2. Can I scan the regular ones at 600 dpi and save as jpeg?
3. I have several 8 x 10's. Can I scan these at 600 dpi and save as jpegs. I did one 8 x 10 at 600 dpi and saved as a .tif and the file was 90 mb. At that rate, I'll have only 5 or 6 photos on a CD and that seems ridiculous.
I plan on using the highest quality of jpeg. I know that each time you save a jpeg the quality diminishes so I plan on making a duplicate image before doing any editing and leaving the original 'scanned' image as a negative.
Thanks for any advice you can give.
Lauren