> I was thinking only of archived photos. For Web and e-mail use, in most > cases you can crank the compression all the way up in Photoshop (that is, > set it down to 1, the highest compression setting) and the image will still > look fine. Unlike some editing programs, Photoshop won't let you compress > the image so much that it really looks bad on the screen; even the worst > setting is still pretty good.
Disagree. I can make some pretty horrendous looking JPEGs at the lowest setting. Easy to see diff using Save For Web feature in PhotoShop. > Additionally, with the lowest compression settings of Photoshop (level 10), > I have yet to be able to distinguish between the original and the JPEG in > terms of image detail, even when greatly magnifying the image. Maybe not on monitor, but printing reveals the diff. Mac McDougald -- DOOGLE DIGITAL 500 Prestwick Ridge Way # 39 - Knoxville, TN 37919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 865-540-1308 http://www.doogle.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body