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Glen Irvine · March 10th, 2002, 04:19 PM

Greetings on a snowy day in Whistler,

As I mentioned in a previous thread, I'm new to this world of digital
video and an having an absolute blast. Unlike many, of you, everything I
own seems to actually be working ( touch wood ). So here's a question
for many of you who have probably already done this.
I am working on a documentary which requires me to get some archival
photos from a school in Japan where I used to work. These are photos
from the 20's and 30's so obviously their quality is not great. A former
colleague still works at the school. The simplest thing would be for him
to scan the images and email them to me. Ultimately I will work them
in Photo Shop and then bring them into Final Cut Pro 2 to include in my
documentary
What resolution should I have my former colleague scan these old photos
at? Does anyone have any little tricks that can improve the final result.
Or should I get the images sent to me on a CD? Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Glen

Adrian Douglas · March 10th, 2002, 07:08 PM

Get him to scan the images at 600 dpi and send them to you in PSD format(assuming you have photoshop) on a CD. Does he have a MAC? If so he can save them in Mac format TIFF. Either way, don't compress them. Old photos, even well preserved ones, fade so you will need to correct the colour a little.

Chris Hurd · March 10th, 2002, 07:26 PM

Agree with Adrian, have them scanned at 600dpi and as large a size as possible; that way you can crop, re-crop and re-size to your content before knocking them down to 720x480 for DV. Not to mention with a large image you can zoom in, pan around, etc. CD (or several CD's) sounds like the perfect media for transfering to your location.

March 10th, 2002, 04:19 PM	#1
Glen Irvine Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 36	scanner resolution Greetings on a snowy day in Whistler, As I mentioned in a previous thread, I'm new to this world of digital video and an having an absolute blast. Unlike many, of you, everything I own seems to actually be working ( touch wood ). So here's a question for many of you who have probably already done this. I am working on a documentary which requires me to get some archival photos from a school in Japan where I used to work. These are photos from the 20's and 30's so obviously their quality is not great. A former colleague still works at the school. The simplest thing would be for him to scan the images and email them to me. Ultimately I will work them in Photo Shop and then bring them into Final Cut Pro 2 to include in my documentary What resolution should I have my former colleague scan these old photos at? Does anyone have any little tricks that can improve the final result. Or should I get the images sent to me on a CD? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Glen

March 10th, 2002, 07:08 PM	#2
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	Get him to scan the images at 600 dpi and send them to you in PSD format(assuming you have photoshop) on a CD. Does he have a MAC? If so he can save them in Mac format TIFF. Either way, don't compress them. Old photos, even well preserved ones, fade so you will need to correct the colour a little. __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

March 10th, 2002, 07:26 PM	#3
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Agree with Adrian, have them scanned at 600dpi and as large a size as possible; that way you can crop, re-crop and re-size to your content before knocking them down to 720x480 for DV. Not to mention with a large image you can zoom in, pan around, etc. CD (or several CD's) sounds like the perfect media for transfering to your location. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!