Re: Calculating Scan Size

From: Silver Plated ^lt;dstevenbryant@mindspring.com>
Date: 02/20/04-04:26:50 PM Z
Message-id: <12211587.1077316010332.JavaMail.root@wamui02.slb.atl.earthlink.net>

Sandy,

> My purpose in asking the question has nothing to do with arguing
> point. I am making some scans of large 5X7 negatives and want to keep
> total file size below 700mb so I can save the raw file to a CD.

A raw scan of a 5x7 negative in 16 bit gray scale should easily fit on a CD. A 24, 36, or 48bit RGB scan may not fit though. You can compress the file to gain some space savings on the CD.
 
For me the best answer was to purchase a DVD burner.

Don
Received on Fri Feb 20 16:27:00 2004

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