Charles wrote:
> Try this instead:
> Create the initial scan in an uncompressed format, like .tif,
> .psp or .raw and
> store it in that format.
> Open the uncompressed file, make any adjustments to the color, gamma,
> brightness/contrast.
> Resize the file to the desired dimensions.
> Apply an 'unsharp mask' to sharpen the image. (This sounds
> contradictory to me
> but it works. Can someone tell me why?)
> Lastly save the editted image in a compressed format like
> .gif or preferably
> .jpg. (.Jpg has more flexible compression rules.)
I thought that GIF, although compressed, was not a "lossy" compression
format like JPEG, which is definitely "lossy". In most software packages
the amount of loss for JPEG can be controlled.
Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/wayneharridge/
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