Hi, Larry--
>This was three years ago (seems like a lifetime) when I didn't know
>anything about scanning or had never even installed Photoshop.
You've crammed a lot of scanning and learning into that 3 years, Larry. :-)
>If I had it to do all over again I would save an uncompressed file of each
>image for myself. But that was then and this is now. We can't go back
>because time isn't a luxury.
Yes, I might, too (although I had over 5000 files). That was the
"cautionary" point I was making--I've always been a little "nervous" about
the smaller files. But the CD photo albums were quite well recieved, and as
you said, I'm the only one who knows there's a little something wrong with a
few pictures (or why). :-)
JPEG compressions *are* retouchable, it's just that you don't get the
results you would if you retouched from a higher-res, less compressed file
(nor as quickly).
Best regards--LRA
>From: Larry Berman <larry@bermanart.com>
>Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: Archiving Photos
>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:10:37 -0400
>
>Hi Lynn,
>
>My first imaging project was to scan 400 of my parents old photos and
>create a zip disk that they could get pictures from for greeting cards.
>This was three years ago (seems like a lifetime) when I didn't know
>anything about scanning or had never even installed Photoshop. I did all my
>scanning through PhotoImpact and saved all the images as jpegs with almost
>no manipulation.
>
>Bottom line is that they loved each and every picture. Looking at them on
>the computer was no worse than the old faded prints that I had scanned.
>
>I think that you're anticipating your audience to expect more from the
>images. I'm sure that in their minds, those cherished images are no worse
>than they remember them and they are no doubt thrilled with the CD.
>
>If I had it to do all over again I would save an uncompressed file of each
>image for myself. But that was then and this is now. We can't go back
>because time isn't a luxury. Besides, printing those images on common $3
>per 500 sheet paper wouldn't look much better than if you had put in three
>times the effort on the project.
>
>Hope this makes you feel better.
>
>Larry
>
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