Scanning quality and compression rate
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:55 pm
Hi all,
A couple of weeks ago I bought my first film scanner, a Minolta dImage Dual Scan 3.
I intend to scan all my slides at the highest quality possible with this scanner (2820 dpi) but was wondering.. does that make sense? Is it worth the HD/CD/DVD space? My purpose of the scans is 1. to have a digital archive of my images (using Photoshop Album 2.0) and 2. to show my pictures on the television screen and 3. to be able to order additional prints without the risk of loosing my original slide.
Maybe it's better to scan at a lower quality to save the space? Any ideas?
Furthermore, I have some questions about compression rate.
Which compression rate is best for display on a TV screen (not being HDTV, 786 x 540 or something like that)?
And which compression is best for ordering copies using a digital photo print service?
Thanks for any help/ideas, I am a newby in the art of scanning.
Regards,
Hans
A couple of weeks ago I bought my first film scanner, a Minolta dImage Dual Scan 3.
I intend to scan all my slides at the highest quality possible with this scanner (2820 dpi) but was wondering.. does that make sense? Is it worth the HD/CD/DVD space? My purpose of the scans is 1. to have a digital archive of my images (using Photoshop Album 2.0) and 2. to show my pictures on the television screen and 3. to be able to order additional prints without the risk of loosing my original slide.
Maybe it's better to scan at a lower quality to save the space? Any ideas?
Furthermore, I have some questions about compression rate.
Which compression rate is best for display on a TV screen (not being HDTV, 786 x 540 or something like that)?
And which compression is best for ordering copies using a digital photo print service?
Thanks for any help/ideas, I am a newby in the art of scanning.
Regards,
Hans