On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:15:22 -0500 tflash (tflash@earthlink.net) wrote:
> That's a nice big file. But when one doesn't need such a large file, is it
> better to scan at the optical resolution and rez down, or better to scan at
> a lower resolution?
Scan at full optical res and downsize. Scanning at lower res usually just drops
pixels (does depend on the driver tho'), resizing in PS etc uses interpolation
resulting in less aliasing and smoother tonality.
Regards
Tony Sleep
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