Hi y'all: I'm in the process of shifting over to digital for freelance submissions. I plan to send good quality proof prints (probably a couple 4x6 per page) instead of slides. I don't have a burning desire to digitize my life's work, but I would like to save on the uncertainty of mailing originals.
I've bought a Minolta Scan Dual II and have PaintShop Pro v. 7. I'll probably pick up a CD-R drive soon. So here's my basic idea: 1. Scan slides once at highest useful resolution (more on this below) and save in a non-lossy format like TIFF. (Make an index image of each slide, also.) Massage each image slightly -- sharpen once, for example, and do basic brightness/contrast correction, dust removal, etc. 2. Save these to hard drive with my current slide serial number as the file name. 3. As I reach the capacity of a CD, burn one and delete the images from my hard drive. Enter CD volume number in slide index. (Possibly burn a backup copy as well here.) Make an index print for each CD. 4. As files are needed (for website, printing, etc) use PaintShop to reduce to appropriate size. OK, my questions: 1. Does this make overall good sense? Am I missing something? 2. Should I go for highest possible resolution in scanning or the somewhat lower resolution that is adequate for 4x6 inkjet prints? 3. Can I use the PaintShop proprietary format for storage instead of TIFF? (Advantage is, that's the default format and saves a step.) Thanks for any help. This is a giant step for me and I'd like to save myself starting off wrong and having to redo. Bob - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
