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SCANNING AND PHOTO EDITING
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Photos, negative and Slides from the Vietnam War are now over 30 years old.
They have exceeded their expected life.

To preserve your history they need to be copied either to new film or scanned onto a computer.
Photos, negatives and Slides can easily be copied by photo shops for a price.
Photos can easily be copied with a Flatbed Scanner attached to a computer.
Negatives and Slides are best Scanned with Special Film and Slide Scanners.


TIP 1 - 35mm SLIDE COPY OPTIONS
1st Have each slide copied (as a slide or photo)at a photo shop for $0.75 to $2.50 each slide copy, print or now each computer image.
. Pay $40 to $400 for a flatbed scanner and make unlimited electronic Copies of photos (not slides).


or Have each slide copied to a Photo CD-ROM at a photo shop for over $1.00 each slide. [Do not put them on floppys if you want detail - CD-ROMs can hold high resolution images]


2nd First spend about $100 for a Camera Slide copy attachment and adaptor. [anybody ever see a slide copy attachment for a digital camera?]
Pay as low as $0.30 for each copy. [film and developing]
Additional copies(photos) of each slide may cost as little as $0.15. [you now have a negative also]
Pay $40 to $400 for a flatbed scanner and make unlimited electronic Copies of 2nd image photos.


3rd Spend $100 to $500 on a Special Film and Slide Scanner. [[This is the best way to go]]
. Multiple copies at Mulitiple resolutions are free - except for time.
. The Resolution of Special Film and Slide Scanners is a Magnitude better than scanning a photo print.
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. Scanned negatives, slides and photos can be stored on your hard drive, Zip Drive or with a CD-R writer.
. Multiple copies of electronic image files can easily be made.


SCANNER SELECTION FACTORS

OPTICAL RESOLUTION - 600 X 1200 or more for flatbeds - 2400 or more for film and slides

SCAN SPEED - Can you wait 2 minutes for a color scan??

SCANNING CONTROL - Good Automatic settings with easy control of tone balance and color

INCLUDED SOFTWARE - Photo edit programs and OCR text reader programs

HP Film and Slide Scanner
Hewlett-Packard C5101A PhotoSmart S20 Photo Scanner!!!

Scans 35mm film strips and slides at 2,400 dpi optical
Scans photos at 300 dpi optical
36-bit color depth
USB interface for easy connection to PC or Macintosh
Exclusive S20 scanning software to optimize and enhance photos

I own a version of this scanner. It is easy to use and produces images very much better than a flatbead scan

Shipping Weight = 12 lbs
Read More or Order Hewlett-Packard C5101A PhotoSmart S20 Photo Scanner Today!

Olympia Film and Slide Scanner
Olympus ES-10 parallel Film Scanner !!!

Scans 35 mm Film negatives and Slides

Shipping Weight = 6.47 lbs
Read More or Order Hewlett-Packard C5101A PhotoSmart S20 Photo Scanner Today!

HP Flatbed Scanner
Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5200Cxi Color Scanner !!!

** A Flatbed Scanner **
Intelligent Scanning Technology
Formats images automatically
USB and parallel connectivity
One-step scanning of photos, text, logos, or whole pages
Software optimized for fast scanning

Tone Balance and color are automatic and need less adjustment
This Office Quality Flatbed Scanner is a top rated Scanner
Shipping Weight = 15.3 lbs
Read More or Order Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5200Cxi Color Scanner Today!


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SCAN TIP 2 - DPI * Pixels * Resolution
  • Dots = pixels
  • Dpi = Dots per Inch = Pixels per inch = RESOLUTION
  • Photo size is in Inches. Electronic Photo images can be sized in inches or pixels
  • Resolution = Dots per inch [or pixels per inch]
  • Display Resolution is what you see on the monitor.
  • Monitor display resolution is nominally 100 Dpi - [Monitor screen area is in pixels(example= 800x600)]
  • Therefore Web Browser resolution is nominally 100 Dpi
  • Printers can print at 100 Dpi to 14400 Dpi [200 dpi is typical]
  • Scanner Resolution is what the scanner copies
  • Flatbed Scanners can Scan at 100 Dpi to 1200 dpi [200 dpi gets almost all photo detail][600dpi is for scanning text]
  • Film and Slide Scanners can Scan at up to 3,200 Dpi [excellent for cropping images]

    YOUR SCAN Dpi depends on the USE of the IMAGE:
    Set you scanner Dpi to match your product size and detail
  • A 4inch by 6inch photo scanned at 100 dpi makes for a 4inch X 6inch monitor display or web display.
  • A 4inch by 6inch photo scanned at 200 dpi makes for a 8inch X 12inch monitor display.
  • A 4inch by 6inch photo scanned at 200 dpi makes for a 4inch X 6inch photo print (Printer set for 200dpi).
  • A 3/4inch by 1 inch slide scanned at 2000 dpi makes for a 8inch X 10inch photo print (Printer set for 200dpi).
  • A 3/4inch by 1 inch slide scanned at 800 dpi makes for a 6inch X 8inch monitor display or web display.
  • A 1/2inch by 1/2inch cropped slide section scanned at 1800 dpi makes for a 9inch X 9inch monitor display or web display.
  • Use the Math to convert from the original's size to the displayed or printed size.

    For Best Quality make multiple scans for multiple uses. Resizing in a Photo Edit program can lose detail.


  • SCAN TIP 3 - ELECTRONIC PHOTO IMAGE FORMATS

    FILE FORMATS
  • JPEG and GIF formats are displayed by INTERNET Browsers
  • Use TIFF for your master image files. Save and Do Photo edits in TIFF Formats. It is best to scan directly into TIFF format. TIFFs are full color (24bit)
  • Use JPEGs for email, web pages, floppy disk transfers and small image files. JPEGs are compressed and lose some detail in the process. JPEGs have full color (24bit). Editing and saving JPEGs loses photo Quality. A JPEG file can be less than 1/10 the size of an original image file.
  • Use GIFs for animated web images, uncompressed web images, transparent backgrounds, small logos, interlaced loading. GIFs have only 256 colors. Can be reduced to as few as 4 colors to save file size.
  • Use BMP for Microsoft Word files. BMPs have only 256 colors.

    FORMAT AND FILE SIZE
  • For a 256color Image: (4inch X 100dpi) X (6inch X 100dpi)= 400pixels X 600pixels = 240,000pixels = 240K
  • GIFs - BMPs
  • For a Full Color Image: (6inch X 100dpi) X (9inch X 100dpi) X 3colorBytes= 600pixels X 900pixels X 3 = 1,620,000pixels = 1,620K = 1.62Meg
  • TIFFs - (JPEGs expanded in memory for display)
  • A 1.5 Meg Tiff file converts to about a 100k JPEG file at 25% compression (or 75% quality). [Small JPEG files are Good for Web pages or Email] Compressed File size varies with amount of detail.
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    THE MEKONG PHOTO EDIT BOOKSTORE
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    PHOTO EDIT SOFTWARE


    PHOTO EDIT SOFTWARE SELECTION FACTORS

    FEATURES - Hands on image restoration or a few automatic fixes.
    EASE OF USE - Help, instructions, tips, menus, ---
    COST - Do yo need all the special, hands on tools??

    MICROGRAFX Picture Publisher 8.0
    MICROGRAFX Picture Publisher 8.0!!!

    CD-ROM
    Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT
    I own and use Picture Publisher 8 and find it the most useful photo edit program of the several that I own.
    It has become my only photo editor.

    Most images on this Web Book were restored with Picture Publisher 8. I upgraded from Picture Publisher 6 just after making this page.
    Picture Publisher 8.0 is a top rated 5 Star Photo Edit Program

    It has more features for hands on editing and image restoration than many other programs that cost more.
    Has many useful hands on tools and special effects.

    THIS IS THE BEST VALUE FOR THE PRICE
    THIS IS THE BEST PHOTO EDITOR TO BUY
    Available Used only


    Jasc Paint Shop Pro. 6.0
    Jasc Paint Shop Pro. 6.0 !!!

    CD-ROM
    Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT
    I have used Jasc Paint Shop Pro. 2.0 and 5.0 and find both useful for some tasks.
    Jasc Paint Shop Pro. 6.0 is a top rated 5 Star Photo Edit Program

    Read More or Order Jasc Paint Shop Pro. 6.0 Today!
    Click here to read all the favorable 5 star reviews.


    Picture It! 2000
    Picture It! 2000 !!!

    CD-ROM
    Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT
    I have Picture It! 2000 and it has a few unique features I have used to restore photos.

    Read More or Order Picture It! 2000 Today!
    Click here to read all the favorable reviews.


    Adobe Photoshop 5.5 with ImageReady 2.0
    Adobe Photoshop 5.5 with ImageReady 2.0 !!!

    CD-ROM
    Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT
    Adobe Photoshop 6 is on my Wish list.
    ADOBE PHOTOSHOP HAS BECOME THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARD

    This is the Program by which all other Photo Edit programs are judged.
    Has all the features needed to restore old photos and images professionally.


    Read More or Order Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Today!
    Click here to read all the favorable reviews.




    PHOTO EDIT SOFTWARE BOOKS


    HOW TO EDIT PHOTOS
    HOW TO RESTORE PHOTOS
    HOW TO CREATE PHOTO ART

    Sams Teach Yourself Paint Shop Pro 6 in 24 Hours !!!

    Book
    Step by step approach - teaches the basics

    Author = T. Michael Clark, Kris Tufto
    Published November 1999 - 375 pages -

    Read More or Order Sams Teach Yourself Paint Shop Pro 6 in 24 Hours Today!
    Click here to read all the favorable reviews.

    Paint Shop Pro 6 Power!
    Paint Shop Pro 6 Power! !!!

    Book
    How to become an expert user of the world's most popular graphics program for creating images

    Author - Lori J. Davis
    Published - November 1996 - 405 pages

    Read More or Order Paint Shop Pro 6 Power! Today!
    Click here to read all the favorable reviews.


    Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Classroom in a Book, Special Web Edition
    Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Classroom in a Book, Special Web Edition !!!

    BOOK
    Somewhere between a manual and a tutorial

    Author - Adobe Creative Team
    Published - August 26 1999 - 552 pages

    Read More or Order Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Classroom in a Book, Special Web Edition Today!
    Click here to read all the favorable reviews.


    Start With a Scan
    AStart With a Scan : A Guide to Transforming Scanned Photos and Objects into High Quality Art !!!

    BOOK
    A step approach to tranforming row scanned images into great illustrations.

    Author - Janet Ashford, John Odam
    Published - June 1996 - 138 pages

    Read More or Order Start With a Scan : A Guide to Transforming Scanned Photos and Objects into High Quality Art Today!
    Click here to read all the favorable reviews.


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