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From: "Lester W. McCormick" <>
Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] Scanning
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 10:55:21 -0500


JPEG Or Bitmap works best for photos. TIFF works best for Text,GIF is for Graphics, works well with text and photos in combination, however JPEG or bitmap is best to send as
attachments, as most any program will open them

Cher wrote:

> Hi!
> I am not a pro..I am just effective..(c; But I have
> found that to save my photos they do best as BMP
> (Bitmap). When I use the photo on the web I convert
> it over to a JPG...always keeping the origional as a
> BMP. The BMP (I was told ) has greater clarity..and
> that level of clarity isnt necessary on the web..and
> most software can open it.
> Someone else will either add to this primative
> explanation or tell us a better way...
>
> I am learning this too... the old stumble and bumble
> technique...
> Cher
> --- sidmel <> wrote:
> > I was wondering if Cher or someone could give me
> > some guidelines or tips
> > on the best way to store scanned black & white
> > pictures, and old
> > documents. I recently bought a scanner and I've
> > been reading about the
> > different file types, (JPEG, GIF, TIFF etc.), but I
> > still don't have a
> > clue which type is better for which type of
> > documents. I figure
> > somebody has been down this road before.
> >
> > Thanks, Melinda
> >
> >
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