Picture size

I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G.
They will be scanned at about 300dpi.

Regards

PJM

"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and wondered
what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G. They will be
scanned at about 300dpi.


640X480 is a dandy size for initial viewing. If folks want larger
prints for wallpaper or suck they will ask. They are never shy.


Luke

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"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G. They
will be scanned at about 300dpi.


640X480 is a dandy size for initial viewing. If folks want larger
prints for wallpaper or suck they will ask. They are never shy.


Luke



May I add that the size that you suggested should be at ~72 dpi
resolution to keep the file size smaller for the web. Monitors cannot
display the 300 dpi res any better than the 72 dpi res. The 300 is good for
printing.

Tom

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"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G. They
will be scanned at about 300dpi.


640X480 is a dandy size for initial viewing. If folks want larger
prints for wallpaper or suck they will ask. They are never shy.


Luke



May I add that the size that you suggested should be at ~72 dpi
resolution to keep the file size smaller for the web. Monitors cannot
display the 300 dpi res any better than the 72 dpi res. The 300 is good
for printing.

Tom
For qualty retention 4800X4800 is needed.

The Old Bloke wrote:
"octothorpe" wrote in message
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"Luke" wrote in message
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"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G.
They will be scanned at about 300dpi.


640X480 is a dandy size for initial viewing. If folks want
larger prints for wallpaper or suck they will ask. They are never
shy.


Luke



May I add that the size that you suggested should be at ~72 dpi
resolution to keep the file size smaller for the web. Monitors
cannot display the 300 dpi res any better than the 72 dpi res. The
300 is good for printing.

Tom
For qualty retention 4800X4800 is needed.



Don't listen to him, he's from the dark side (by the way Luke, he's your
father)





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Cheers

Dave Kearton

I prefer 800x600 or larger. Most of us have monitors set at that size or
larger. Using any smaller gives just that - a very small picture. The
640x480 size was for very old monitors - hardly anyone has their monitor set
at that resolution since monitors have physically grown in size.


"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and wondered
what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G. They will be
scanned at about 300dpi.

Regards

PJM

"Terry M" wrote in message
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I prefer 800x600 or larger. Most of us have monitors set at that size or
larger. Using any smaller gives just that - a very small picture. The
640x480 size was for very old monitors - hardly anyone has their monitor
set
at that resolution since monitors have physically grown in size.


"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered
what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G. They will be
scanned at about 300dpi.

Regards

PJM

If one is going to benefit from old slide and negative resolution, scan
at the highest resolution your system can handle. Some amazing detail is
available in some of them. Store or archive them in that highest resolution.
Store on CD or DVD disks. Then when one wants to post to newsgroups or
internet sites, you can downsize copies for posting if that's what your
intended viewers want. BUT, keeping the high resolution scans makes it
possible to clip out portions of the original picture, magnify the clips and
find great history in the details!
For the record, I usually do not follow my own good sense advise.
Old Chief Lynn

1024x768 or larger would be fine. Joe.
On Sat, 12 May 2007 08:12:14 GMT, "P & H Macguire"
wrote:

I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G.
They will be scanned at about 300dpi.

Regards

PJM

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"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G. They
will be scanned at about 300dpi.


640X480 is a dandy size for initial viewing. If folks want larger
prints for wallpaper or suck they will ask. They are never shy.


Luke



May I add that the size that you suggested should be at ~72 dpi
resolution to keep the file size smaller for the web. Monitors cannot
display the 300 dpi res any better than the 72 dpi res. The 300 is good
for printing.

Tom
For qualty retention 4800X4800 is needed.

Noted. Thanks.

Tom

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"P & H Macguire" wrote in message
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I am in the process of scanning some old slides of 60s to 90s and
wondered what the optimum size should be for posting on this N/G.
They will be scanned at about 300dpi.


640X480 is a dandy size for initial viewing. If folks want
larger prints for wallpaper or suck they will ask. They are never
shy.


Luke



May I add that the size that you suggested should be at ~72 dpi
resolution to keep the file size smaller for the web. Monitors
cannot display the 300 dpi res any better than the 72 dpi res. The
300 is good for printing.

Tom
For qualty retention 4800X4800 is needed.



Don't listen to him, he's from the dark side (by the way Luke, he's
your
father)

Dave, just what is that rubbish supposed to mean?

Tom