Guest Pixel Lady Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 .jpg or .tif? I am scanning in .tif because of. jpg lossy compression...am I doing this right? Or am I way in left field...LOL Thanks, Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeeZee Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Aren't your files huge? I've been scanning as jpgs but then I never resave them -- I always work with the copy so that I never change the original. I though this was ok but I'd sure like to hear if I'm doing it wrong too! (after scanning 3000+ photos, I'd hate to hear that I'm wrong but I would like to know!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pixel Lady Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 [quote name='DeeZee' date='Apr 24 2005, 01:06 PM']Aren't your files huge? I've been scanning as jpgs but then I never resave them -- I always work with the copy so that I never change the original. I though this was ok but I'd sure like to hear if I'm doing it wrong too! (after scanning 3000+ photos, I'd hate to hear that I'm wrong but I would like to know!) [right][post="9246"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] Yeah, they are. I burn everything to DVD. I never work on the originals either. I was trying to create a kit and wanted to make sure I was doing it right. Since other MAY use some of my items...KWIM?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeeZee Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Ah, you're scanning stuff as digital elements? I wonder if the use makes a difference.... what kinds of things are you scanning just out of curiousity? I'm trying to digitize my lifetime of photos. We're military and hope we're going overseas next and I sure don't want all my photos lost due to whatever on the way where we're going SO ........ a digital copy is the key! When I'm done, my mom will get copies, I'll make copies for our shipment and I'll handcarry copies, so hopefully I won't lose anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinny Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Relate JPGs to photocopiers... the more times you save a JPG you will lose information (just like a copier, if you copy a copy of a copy...it will look pretty bad). TIFs in the other hand, do not lose information even when saved over and over again. The files size can be rather huge. As you are creating files, save them in the format of the software you are using, i.e., Photoshop=.PSD. When you are finished and want to create files for a kit, save them as JPGs with the highest quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jenn~o Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Here is a link that might be helpful: [url="http://www.scantips.com/basics09.html"]Scantips[/url] (This link was shared by Valgal in a post at RAKScraps which is where I learned about it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pixel Lady Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Thank you! I thought I was on the right track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcfrog Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Ooh, worth knowing this stuff. Not that I'm at the 'designing a kit' level yet!! LOL!! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lesliefavela Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Thanks for all of the great tips, girls. And the link. Never stop learning. Now I sound like a teacher. lol Leslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wxchic Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 OMG, I have been saving all my photos in the wrong format?!?! Can I resave them as TIF's or do I have to start scanning all over again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jomi Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Yes you can resave them as TIFF's; I've done it a few times and it works fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeeZee Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Hmm, I'll have to try doing tiffs for a while a see what they look like. Do they actually look better (i.e. less pixelated when you zoom in)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest triciadoll Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Thanks for the link jenn~o. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScrappyKat Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Interesting topic. I should see if my scanner has the option to save as a .tif Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pixel Lady Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Most scanners do scan have the capability to scan in .TIF. If for some reason it doesn't, after you scan it save it as a .TIF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MN_Scrapper Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Against my techy DH's advice, I scan as TIFs and save the originals on an extrenal hard drive I save for that purpose. After I have done my editing, resizing or whatever, I export as JPG or PNG, as appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lesliefavela Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 Isn't it interesting how everyone can take a different path to accomplish something, and still end up at the same destination, when it's all said and done? More than one way to get it done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momentousangel Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 I always scan my photos in as tif, unless I am scanning specifically for something and can't find that photo amid my hard drives, lol, and beleive me when I say can't find that photo. I think I need a better way to organize photos, but right now I only have them in different folders with dates. The photo names are all the dates as well, or IMG blah blah, which is more often than not quite a pain in the rumplestiltskin as we say around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aimeesue Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rjmommie Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Good info. I am glad I ran across this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest agoodman8 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Great Post. Very informative. I have one question though. What resolution do you suggest scanning at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappydo Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I scan everything at 300 dpi. I believe that is pretty much the standard--but if it's not, I'm sure one of the ladies here will correct me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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