Ron, On some documents where I do not have the original or they are very old and faded, like hand written letters and have become very hard to read I scan them in as PDF's and then zooming in to read them. In some cases I have printed them out as PDF's and been amazed how much easier they have been to read. I have tried scanning both ways, jpeg & PDF to see which gives me the clearer picture and then I delete the one that's not so good. Doesn't always work though, some are fuzzy & hard to read no matter what I do. Steve > > Ron,> > I think you know this, but there is probably someone who does not - > > Legacy> gets new users every day...> > Without seeing the specific images > > in question, there's no way to easily> determine why one person says jpegs > > aren't readable and another person> finds them very usable.> > The quality > > (and thus the "zoomabillity") of a jpeg image depends on> 1) the resolution > > of the original image and> 2) the quality at which it is saved.> > This is > > something that new users may not know or have any idea how to> adjust > > (short answer: it depends on where the image originates and the> tool(s) > > used to save it, i.e., downloading an image is always better than> doing a > > screen capture).> > Assuming the original image is of "zoomable" quality > > (example: some of the> ancestry.com census images in jpeg format), an image > > saved at high quality> (little or no compression) should remain zoomable; > > an image saved at high> compression (to reduce the file size) can lose > > enough detail to make it> "unzoomable" (where zoom gives bigger pixels > > instead of more detail).> > John> > >> > Kris,> >> > The short answers are > > "no" and "don't know but unlikely". I don't really> > understand why you > > can't read them easily though. I use jpgs for census> > records and with > > the Zoom I can read them fine.> >> >> > Ron Ferguson> >> > > > > > Legacy > > User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/> Online > > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp> To > > unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > _________________________________________________________________ It's simple! Sell your car for just $30 at CarPoint.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT
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