<!– uid=38ef530386634042d8f838271aa1371e347f0571 –> <!– time=1327585028 –> <!– ip=86.67.96.72 –> <!– content-type=text/html –> <!– name=An Keqiang –> <!– email=campumoru@gmail.com –> The general guidelines for digitizing images by scanning in negatives, slides, or prints is as follows:

• Resolution: 3000 pixels on the long side. The software may then ask you to specify resolution in addition, but in fact specifying the long side is what determines the actual resolution. This subsequent question just determines what goes into the image header metadata and does not actually influence the image’s resolution. * Bit depth: 24 bit (full color), which can also be understood as 8 bits per channel. Your scanning software may offer other choices such as 12 or 16 bits per channel, but it is important that you scan the images at 8 per channel. * Editing: Uncorrected; may do gamma adjustment before scanning, not after. * Color space: If you are given a choice, select Adobe RGB 98. * File format: TIFF * Compression: LZW is okay. * File size: The images will probably wind up around 20 Mb per scan. * Cropping: Please crop the scan to the size of the picture. It is a waste of space and resources to scan an area larger than the desired object.