Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 04:04:10 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Michael Keller wrote:
> Yes, the next thing to remember when scanning at high res is lots of
> RAM. A slide scanned at 2700ppi in 24 bit color is about 20Megabytes.
> Photoshop will want you to have double that file size for manipulating
> the image, and that's on top of the RAM for the OS and for Photoshop
> itself. You'll be using computer memory for your print jobs at this
> point.
If I understand you correctly, Michael, then one might not want the
bit-most scanner. I have had a personality warp from the computer --
gotten EXTREMELY impatient. Can't bear waiting while Photoshop does a big
file, the thought of a file BIGGER than 20 megabytes, as I assume it would
be with a 36-bit scanner... well, maybe I'll get the Playskool scanner
after all.
> I am using an older 166Penitum (nonMMX), but with 128M of RAM and a 1G
> scratch disk, I can handle most any file. Slowly sometimes.<g> As
> always, RAM is more valuable that processor speed.
Hmmmmm. Theoretically I suppose, but today's woman wants it ALL ! Anyway,
I appreciate the info --- more food for thought.... (The good part is that
I KNOW it's easier than analog color separation.)
cheers,
Judy
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