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Scanned Images Not Sharp All replies welcomed.
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doug Nelson |
I'd scan at the highest pixels-per-inch your Scanwit scanner can do. I think this is a film scanner you have. Then go into your software (I'm unfamiliar with Ulead) and do any cropping, brightness/contrast and retouch. Now go to that all-important image sizing screen. If you know you don't need to print the image, do the sizing as you stated above at this point. As you do this, check Resample (or whatever Ulead calls it). You'll see the file size drop like a rock. After that, save it as a JPEG. Use only enough compression to preserve the color and structural integrity of the image and make a reasonable file size that doesn't gag your service provider. The hardware industry has done an amazingly bad job of telling us how to use their products. Fortunately, scantips.com got me started and helped my office out of a bad situation. Check him out and consider buying his book, the best $27 you'll ever spend.
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Doug, I'm using a flatbed scanner. Thanks for the info. I'll check out scantips.com
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doug Nelson |
Sorry, I assumed a film scanner for some reason. For a flatbed, scan at 300 ppi, 600 if you want an image twice as big. Stay away from those inflated interpolated resolutions scanner makers claim (9600 ppi). You max will be 600 ppi, maybe 1200 for a moderately priced flatbed. All else applies.
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