two option :
- you want to scan them once... and use the scans later... means you need
all the informations. You will need hard disk space (lot of) or a lot of
CDs... but go for the most "native" format... Tiff is good, and go for the
highest resolution and no recroping ...
- you want to have a database archive and you will rescan (with more care)
the best picture... go for low Jpeg so you can keep all the archive (except
if you have thousands of slides) on one CD... but the challenge is to keep a
link between your file and your physical slides...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benson Honig" <benson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:28 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: archive slide scanning
> I finally broke down and purchased an HP photosmart scanner. I
> have a few hundred slides, that I would like to archive onto CD's.
> The photosmart came with software that allows saving the files in
> various formats, including tif, gif, bmp, pcx, png, fpx, jpg, and tga.
> Obviously, the size of file varies. The Tiff files are about 17 MB with
> the maximum resolution, for example. Since I don't want to "mess"
> with each and every one of these slides now - but simply archive
> them -can anyone recommend a good format that would both be
> good for future digital darkroom work, as well as for archival
> purposes? Is photoshop essential for the initial archiving (I only have
> a very very old verson)? Also, any general advice on how best to go
> about this process would be appreciated.
> Thanks, Benson
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> University of Haifa
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