tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096878463388762735.post2439699664614591800..comments2023-05-28T10:55:51.355-04:00Comments on Attics and Old Lace: Opening Day 4: The Slides are Back!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096878463388762735.post-84762217882536979052011-12-02T09:02:19.650-05:002011-12-02T09:02:19.650-05:00Thanks Alan, When I started the project, I couldn&...Thanks Alan, When I started the project, I couldn't wait to scan the oldest documents and tintypes. As I learned more, it is the color photographs and slides that are most at risk. That has me scrambling about in my own 'attic' as well!Liz Strattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355785887810653358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096878463388762735.post-18693476584539276382011-12-02T04:39:49.092-05:002011-12-02T04:39:49.092-05:00You are so right to devote such a detailed and inf...You are so right to devote such a detailed and informative post to the art of scanning. I do think that we are the scanning generation - the one generation of people to have access to old format images (photographs, slides etc) and the ability to digitalise them. We have a responsibility to do it properly.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096878463388762735.post-38261390483033927102011-12-01T18:21:03.457-05:002011-12-01T18:21:03.457-05:00Kathy, The before and after come about due to corr...Kathy, The before and after come about due to corrections made using photo editing software. The file type didn't make the difference. The Tifs are simply the photographs before any corrections had been made. <br /><br />The problem with the Jpeg format is that it is a lossey compression file and each time you re-compress it (re-save it), some of information in the scan is lost.<br />LizLiz Strattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355785887810653358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096878463388762735.post-75791372948859941592011-12-01T18:16:50.445-05:002011-12-01T18:16:50.445-05:00Anna, These are very old slides - 60s and 70s. The...Anna, These are very old slides - 60s and 70s. The boy in the white trunks is Dick. There are others of your parents in the 80s and later in the batch. I'll catalog them over the next month or so and then put them on Flickr for the family. Auntie LizLiz Strattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355785887810653358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096878463388762735.post-51970447531248532382011-12-01T18:09:27.630-05:002011-12-01T18:09:27.630-05:00This is rezlly remarkable! I'm going to have ...This is rezlly remarkable! I'm going to have to talk to you about this again. As you know, all of the pictures in my blog are in a jpeg format and they printed just fine in my blog2print book. Also, when I use MY scanner and try to scan them at a higher resolution, I get a message about how much more space that is going to require and that it is already being scanned at the "optimum" schedule. I get intimidated and let the software talk me out of it. The before and after pictures you posted have results that can't be disputed. Incredible!Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9096878463388762735.post-11285271506829070152011-12-01T17:40:51.794-05:002011-12-01T17:40:51.794-05:00Very nice, Auntie! If the first photo is old, Emma...Very nice, Auntie! If the first photo is old, Emma and I have photos that look just like that of us up in Maine near Freeport. If that IS Emma and I in that photo, how neat! But doubtful it is if you were copying slides. :0) - AnnaAnna Strattonnoreply@blogger.com