Thanks. I'll try this next time I'm scanning.
John
Denton Taylor wrote:
>
> At 04:37 PM 3/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am curious regarding your technique for scanning. I have not seen
> >your site yet, but I will, I promise.
> >Obviously, the desire is to scan at the highest rate possible for best
> >appearence, but you also have to end up with a low enough DPI to keep
> >loading time down. Also, any DPI setting over 75-100 is wasted on the
> >web.
> >Right now I scan at 300 DPI, resize to 150 DPI, then "convert to web
> >image" at 90 DPI. I am still new at this. Others may have a better
> >technique.
> >How do you scan for the best results on the web?
> >
> >
>
> I'm using a slide scanner usually, so this may not apply...
>
> I believe web images should be made at 72dpi.
>
> My slide scanner software asks me what _size_ image I want. Obviously, the
> largest you would possibly want would be 640x480, as that's the size of a
> low-res 14" monitor. My slide scanner scans at 96dpi, so I convert to
> 72dpi, and resize the image down to about 4" x 5" max. Then save as jpg at
> 3 level. Then I reduce the size to thumbnail and do a 'save as' on the
> thumbnail.
>
> Regards,
> Denton Taylor
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