Tom
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I'm in the process of scanning a number of old B & W photos retrieved from family photo boxes during our recent trip to the UK. What is the optimum resolution for scanning? My scanner allows me to adjust resoultion from 75 to 19200 ppi, but obviously the higher the resolution the larger the resulting file size. I've scanned a few photos at 150 and 300 ppi and don't see a lot of difference. I've also scanned some at 1200 ppi, resulting in huge file sizes.
Would the optimum resolution change for color photos?
While I'm at it, I'll ask about file format; I'm temporarily using .tiff since this is a lossless format. Would I be better off using .bmp?
I could experiment more but, knowing that that some folks have already gone this route, I thought I'd save myself some time.
TIA.
Would the optimum resolution change for color photos?
While I'm at it, I'll ask about file format; I'm temporarily using .tiff since this is a lossless format. Would I be better off using .bmp?
I could experiment more but, knowing that that some folks have already gone this route, I thought I'd save myself some time.
TIA.