Gee Austin, thanks for that insight. I NEVER would have figured out what Anthony was getting at without your clear, exacting, obsessive attention to detail and need to find someone wrong and fix things that aren't broken. I feel SO much better informed now. What a very useful posting.
Jeez............ Art Austin Franklin wrote: >>I usually leave images on my site set to the DPI of the scans, >>so they are >>always at 2700 or 4000 dpi. >> > > Anthony, > > What on earth are you talking about? Where do you set the DPI of the scan? > Scanners scan in SAMPLES PER INCH, and create files that are PIXELS PER > INCH. You are saving a file that is PIXELS PER INCH. Only printers use > DOTS PER INCH, and that value is printer dependant, and is NOT directly > related to any of the information saved in the file. > > In the PS "Image/Image Size" window, you simply have the option of setting > the number of inches and/or the number of PIXELS/inch, or PIXELS per cm. > The top gives the image width and height in PIXELS. I see NO option for > "DPI" here. > > When you save an image at 2700 you are saving it at 2700 PIXELS per inch, as > far as I can find, there is no option for saving your image in "DOTS" using > PS. > > Austin > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body