On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 00:02:25 -0700 PAUL GRAHAM (peegee@btinternet.com)
wrote:
> what do people think about saving my raw scans as LZW tiff's?
> can most programmes decode them if I send them to people on a
> CD?
No problem IME - I always send out TIFFs compressed in PS to clients if
supplying on 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
No, that is right, though modest JPEG compression can reduce this
dramatically without ill effects. I regularly supply 7x5"@300ppi for
publication, via email, and typically they will be 700-900k compressed.
Regards
Tony Sleep
- Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner info
& comparisons
