These specs were those also given in the seminar by Maureen Taylor on the 14th. I never could find out why .tif format as opposed to .png or some other loss-less format. I typically use .png, so I am interested in why .tif.
Larry On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2011/05/11 17:32, Reba Solomon wrote: >> To the best of what I could learn, when scanning photographs for posterity, >> you >> should be doing minimum of 600 dpi, 100% scale, always scan as a colored >> photograph, and save as a .tif file. I'm not a photographer, so does anyone >> here have opinions or additions to this advice? > > This web site used to have some very good information on it. > > <http://www.scantips.com/> > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
