From: Phillip Murphy (pmurf@bellsouth.net)
Date: 12/03/02-06:49:01 AM Z
Hi Sandy,
If you're going to be wrangling large image files, you'll want to invest in
Firewire or USB2 hard drives for storage.
For backup, burn on DVD-R media (I recommend Mitsui media). DVD-R drives are at
the price that CD-RW drives were
a couple of years ago. The media is around five bucks for 4.2 GB of storage. If
it can wait, the blue laser burners will be out
next year with much higher information density. Zip media is much too slow and
way too costly for imaging large files.
Also, you might want to find a copy of LivePicture for working with large image
files. Photoshop tends to choke
on large images even if you have a maxxed-out system.
all the best,
Phillip
Sandy King wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who responded to my inquiry regarding the best
> scanning resolution.
>
> The thread appears to have headed in the direction of interpolation
> for increasing the side of raw scans and I have looked at the sites
> referenced. Very interesting information.
>
> I am wondering, however, in my particular situation if this is an
> issue. As noted in my initial message, I am scanning 5X7 negatives to
> 4 X 6.5" size, and can scan them either at the full optical
> resolution of the scanner, which is 2450dpi, or at a lower resolution
> for at 360dpi at the print size. As I see it I could print my scans
> at 360dpi at up to around 24X36", without any interpolation, which is
> surely as large as I want to go right now. So, do I need to be
> concerned about interpolation?
>
> BTW, just for the record, a 4 X 6.5" scan of a color negative at 2400
> dpi gives a raw file of almost 400mb. Think my most important need is
> to replace the 100mb Zip drive with a 750mb version.
>
> Sandy King
>
> >Judy,
> >> On 2nd thought, has anyone done a test, that is tried it both ways? (My
> >> hunch would be that, just like everything, it depends... )
> >
> >One of the links I listed does that comparison test. FWIW, none of them are
> >perfect.
> >
> >Don
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