Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm sure I'm missing something here, Tina...But I've been saving my files as neg size, 4000 dpi, Tiff files, compressed to about 2/3 of their size...so a 20 meg 8 bit gray scale file ends up stored at about 14-17 Meg....open it up, resize it to what ever you want in what ever format, and go....AM I missing something? :-) B. D. Tina Manley wrote: > > Henry - > > The new Nikon LS-4000 and 8000 scanners are shipping with Genuine Fractals > software, so they must believe it will last. It's a very good program if > you need photos in different sizes and resolutions but want to save only > one version. > > Tina > > At 04:11 PM 1/14/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >With due respect: > > > >Long term, I think this is a bad idea. > > > >What if the publisher of Genuine Fractals goes out of business? > >Their little corner of the market is small compared to TIFF which is > >standard. > >Or they fail to support new operating systems? > >Sometimes I feel a little out on a limb with .psd (Photoshop native) > >Go with the most standard format you can. > > > >Space is not the problem it has been and the situation will only get > >better. > > > >Henry > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com