[MacDV] Re: Stills in IMovie

[matblack at mac.com]

yes! Many people don't scan at 100% 300dpi to save time and space... 
because it can generate really big files... but you lose detail... scan 
hi and then rez down!
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> 200 % 72 DPI scan would in reality be a 36 DPI scan, not good for much 
> of anything.  If you are using it for video 300 DPI or even 150 DPI is 
> sufficient unless you are doing serious cropping.  I have read that 
> scanning any photo above 600 DPI is unproductive since the printing 
> process provides no detail beyond that.   Scanning prints made with an 
> inkjet returns results that can be considered useable, even in video, 
> only as a last resort (I found that scanning those the results are 
> better at 150 than 300 DPI), ask for the digital copy if at all 
> possible.  In my experience scanning at a resolution higher than you 
> think you will need saves time in the end since it allows you to do 
> cropping and still have a file that has enough resolution which would 
> not be the case had it been scanned at 72 DPI in the first place.
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> Gerhard
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> On Thursday, July 15, 2004, at 09:20AM, <matblack at mac.com> wrote:
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> . Don't get fooled into that 200% 72 dpi scanning,
>> it skips a lot of detail information...
>>>> 2 cents.
>> mine as well
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