Re: Scanner question: what kind of saved format is best for printing?

[Jesse Goff <jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After all the work that goes into it, my work is too important to me to
save jpegs except for the web of course.  it is not worth the reduction of
colors and the creation of artifacts in the compression process.  Also if
you make changes and resave you make more artifacts.  Sort of like color
modes, don't ever convert back and forth between CMYK and RGB.  Always keep
a copy in the higher color space of RGB.   Burning CD's these days is cheap
so hard drive space is not an issue.  I get them for 59 cents for 650mb
from macwarehouse with rebates so why use JPEGs.  I always save my files as
PSD (Photoshop document) so I can keep layers, etc.  The file type designed
to be used by the the program is usually best.  PSD files are also small
and fast to open.  If I need to send a file out to get printed on something
like an iris I will "Save A Copy" as a TIFF on to a ZIP because any
computer platform at any service can read TIFFs.

Jesse


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>I use jpeg because the files are the smallest. I double the resolution to
>keep the quality up and still save space and more improtant time.
>
>What do y'all do?
>
>Robert Erickson, bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.panoramic.net
>-----Original Message-----
>From: YDegroot@xxxxxxx <YDegroot@xxxxxxx>
>To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Saturday, December 12, 1998 1:31 PM
>Subject: Scanner question: what kind of saved format is best for printing?
>
>
>When you scan an image, there are several options to choose from as far as
>saving format is concerned.
>
>Which format is the ebst for printing stuff yourself?
>
>TIFF
>JPG
>BMP
>etc.
>?????
>
>Or save as one, and then convert to another using Photoshop or some such
>program?









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