Re: filmscanners: tiff compression

["Kevin Power" <kevinpower@optushome.com.au>]

As best I know, because magazines print in four colours they would require CYMK files not RGB.

----- Original Message -----

From: PAUL GRAHAM

To: Filmscanners@Halftone. Co. Uk

Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 5:02 PM

Subject: filmscanners: tiff compression

Hi all,

 

what do people think about saving my raw scans as LZW tiff's?

I am making 48 bit 6x7 scans on Nikon 8000, and they are over 500Mb each, so lossless compression would save a hell of a lot of space, but what are the drawbacks? can most programmes decode them if I send them to people on a CD?

 

Also, for catalogue/ magazine use what sort of RGB file size should I supply,

something like a 12" print at 300dpi is still 75Gb uncompresses, which seems big for most magazines

 

thanks,

 

Paul