Re: Calculating Scan Size

Edward Weston had a printed quote, pinned to the
wall next to his desk, from jazz musician Louis Armstrong.
It read: " Man, if you got to ask what is it.
You'll never get to know"

res1dvao@verizon.net wrote:

> Where does one go for such eye training? Cost, etc.?
>
> George
> >
> > From: Phillip Murphy <pmurf@bellsouth.net>
> > Date: 2004/02/21 Sat AM 01:19:44 GMT
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: Calculating Scan Size
> >
> > A 4x or 8x DVD burner is a great solution.
> > If it must be on CDR, consider using a fractal
> > or wavelet compression format.
> >
> > Both Genuine Fractals and MrSid have lossless capability.
> > A Genuine Fractals STN file will allow a lossless compression
> > ratio of approximately 2:1 and visually-lossless at 5:1.
> >
> > I have created visually-lossless files using MrSid with
> > a ratio of 20:1. Only a trained eye could detect a difference.
> >
> > http://lizardtech.com
> >
> > -Phillip
> >
> >
> > Silver Plated wrote:
> >
> > > 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 Sat Feb 21 03:03:35 2004